1882-S $10 MS(PCGS#8698)

June 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2244

Grade

MS64

Price

10,370

Lot Description

Phenomenal, virtually unsurpassable quality in a certified Mint State 1882-S eagle. Bursting with full mint luster, both sides have a satiny texture that provides strong cartwheel visual effects as the coin rotates under lighting. Color is attractively original with dominant rose-gold joined by subtle powder bule and pale gold peripheral halos. Sharply struck with most design elements crisp.<p>This uncommonly well preserved near-Gem comes from a limited mintage of 132,000 pieces. The typical Mint State survivor is heavily abraded and confined to one of the three BU grade levels. Writing in the 2008 edition of their <em>Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins: 1795-1933</em>, in fact, Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth observe that "Examples in MS-63 and MS-64 are rare, and only two 1882-S eagles have been certified at the MS-65 level, with none higher." This NGC MS-64 is the finest we can recall offering for the issue, an outstanding condition rarity fit for the finest collection of Liberty Head gold.