1870 10C J-826 PR (PCGS#61070)
The January 2011 Tampa Bay Rarities Sale
- Auctioneer
- Bowers & Merena
- Lot Number
- 1272
- Grade
- PR63
- Price
- 2,875
- Lot Description
- 1870 Pattern Dime. Judd-826, Pollock-916. Rarity-6+. Proof-63 (PCGS). Standard Silver design with Liberty seated left on the obverse, her right hand supporting a shield with a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY and her left holding an olive branch. A free-standing liberty pole is behind the portrait, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is around the border and the date 1870 is below. On the reverse, a wreath of cereals surrounds the denomination 10 CENTS with the word STANDARD above. Struck in silver with a plain edge.<br /> Beautiful surfaces are veiled in original rose-gray, powder-blue and champagne-pink iridescence, the reverse the more vivid of the two sides. A well-mirrored finish comes to the fore at more direct angles.
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