1865-S $10 MS(PCGS#8642)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

7182

Grade

AU50

Prix

24 000

Description du lot

Underrated Normal Date 1865-S $10 Eagle 1865-S Liberty Head Eagle. AU-50 (PCGS). Appealing deep orange-honey surfaces with tinges of light rose. The strike is a bit soft in isolated areas, most notably around the obverse periphery and at the eagle's head on the reverse, but otherwise we note suitably bold detail for a lightly circulated survivor of this challenging issue. The 1865-S tells a familiar story for a San Francisco Mint eagle from the Civil War era. The mintage was small, in this case 16,700 pieces, and commercial demand for gold and silver coins on the West Coast was such that virtually all examples succumbed to the rigors of circulation. Attrition was exacerbated by the lack of contemporary numismatic demand for mintmarked coinage, especially in California. There are two major varieties for this issue: the Normal Date, offered here, and the 865/Inverted 186. The former is rarer in today's market with PCGS CoinFactsproviding an estimate of just 25 to 35 survivors throughout the grading scale. The offered coin is near the top of the PCGS Population Reportfor the Normal Date variety, which does not exceed AU-58. It is a Condition Census specimen that is worthy of serious bidder consideration. PCGS Population: 5; 3 finer (AU-58 finest at this service). PCGS# 8642. NGC ID: 264G. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]