1795 $10 BD-1, 13 Leaves MS(PCGS#45710)

1795 $10 BD-1, 13 Leaves MS (PCGS#45710)

Rarities

Lot Description: 1795 Breen-6830, Breen-IA. Rarity-3. 13 Leaves. MS-64 (PCGS). A wonderful Mint State example with satiny light green-gold lustre and splashes of orange toning. The obverse is slightly subdued, the reverse fully brilliant. Pale gold appear¬ ance on the profile of Miss Liberty. A few minor surface marks are noted, primarily on the reverse. Every detail is struck to its fullest advantage, even including the eagle’s hi east feathers and the individual leaf details. Although a number of examples from this die pair have been catalogued as Mint State over the years, we suspect that many of those will prove to be nice AU coins when considered using today’s grading standards. The obverse has two long, thin die lines. The first slants up to the left from 95 to the lower hair curl. The second slants down to the left from the bottom left foot of B to the cap below I. A crack begins below 9 and joins the bases of 1 and 7 with stars 1 through 5. Another begins at star 5 and extends to star 9. A further die crack joins 95 and the end of the drapery with stars 15, 14, and 13. The reverse has a short crack left from the top of M. Faint die lines extend up or down from various leaves in the branch and wreath. A long spine extends up from the junction of the eagle’s neck and right wing. From the Long Beach Connoisseur Collection.