1871 10C J-1080 PR(PCGS#61339)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6643

Grade

PR65

Price

3,840

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> Liberty is seated left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1871 below. Liberty is wearing a feathered headdress and she supports a liberty pole with her right hand while her left rests on globe inscribed LIBERTY. Two flags are behind the portrait, one of which is ornamented with 13 stars. <strong>Rev:</strong> A wreath of corn and cotton surrounds the denomination 10 CENTS, the word STANDARD inscribed along the upper border. A reflective specimen with rich steel-olive patina and underlying iridescence of cobalt blue, antique gold and champagne-pink. Fewer than a dozen specimens of this type are known, per the <em>uspatterns.com</em> website, the coins originally distributed as part of pattern Proof sets that featured all denominations from the half dime to the silver dollar.