1871 10C J-1078, BN PR(PCGS#61337)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4829

Grade

PR62BN

Price

3,360

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> Chief Engraver James Barton Longacre's Indian Princess motif with no stars around the border. Liberty is seated left wearing a Native American headdress, her left hand resting atop a globe inscribed LIBERTY and her right hand supporting a liberty pole. Two flags are behind the portrait, and the date 1871 is below. <strong>Rev:</strong> The same design that the Mint used to strike regular issue 1871 Liberty Seated dimes. With golden-olive undertones to dominant autumn-brown patina. Obverse spotting precludes a higher numeric grade. The <em>uspatterns.com</em> website accounts for only six specimens of Judd-1078, two of which are impounded in the collections of the Connecticut State Library (ex Mitchelson) and Durham Museum (ex Byron Reed).