1864 $10 MS(PCGS#8639)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

3342

Grade

AU50

Prix

13 200

Description du lot

An attractive and highly significant Liberty Head gold rarity from the Civil War era. Appreciable satin luster remains on surfaces that display attractive deep honey-olive and lighter orange-gold colors. Minimally circulated with overall bold detail and generally light handling marks scattered about.<p>Abraham Lincoln had won re-election in 1864 as the Civil War dragged on, now with Ulysses S. Grant at the head of the Union Army. The war continued to have an effect on coin production and just 3,530 circulation strike eagles were struck in 1864 at Philadelphia. The coins saw widespread export, and when found at all in today's market are usually in VF or EF condition. <em>PCGS CoinFacts</em> suggests that only 40 to 60 examples remain in all grades. The issue is a prime condition rarity at any AU level and even fewer are known in Mint State - likely fewer than a half dozen unique specimens, including a pair recovered from the S.S. <em>Republic</em> shipwreck. The present example ranks among the finer certified survivors and sits just outside of Condition Census.