May 26-27, 2003, The Dr. Jacob Terner Collection, Sale 20

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U. S. Coins

U. S. Gold Coins

$10 Liberty/No Motto

 

Lot 938 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1843-O. AU-53. Attractive, yellow- and green-gold surfaces. Very nicely struck for a New Orleans Mint product, showing full details on the eagle's feathers, stars, and denticles. Still quite lustrous. The left obverse field has some faint hairlines that are visible only when the coin is turned to just the right angle.
Estimated Value $1,300-1,500.

 

Among the Finest 1846 Eagles to Exist

Lot 939 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1846. NGC graded AU-58. Well struck in orange color gold with only the slightest evidence of friction. A truly top notch piece with no marks or nicks worthy of mention and plenty of mint luster in the protected areas around the devices. A condition census example with the population report listing but 2 in this grade and only 1 higher, that being in MS-60. It would be hard to imagine that the top rated piece could have more eye appeal than this lovely specimen.
Estimated Value $10,000-11,000.

 

Lot 940 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1847. EF-45. Cleaned.
Estimated Value $275-300.

 

Prooflike 1856 No Motto Eagle

Lot 941 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1856. PCGS graded MS-63. Brilliant and Prooflike, unusually so on the obverse. A gorgeous, cameo example with great eye appeal. This is the rare Misplaced Date variety, discovered in 1999, which shows the top and serif of a 1 in the denticles just below the 5! PCGS reports 4 examples at this level, with only 1 finer (a single MS-64). Color photo.
Estimated Value $9,500-10,500.
Plate matching indicates that this is from the Harry W. Bass, Jr. collection, Lot 633, sold in May 2000 by Bowers and Merena Galleries. However, the Bass name does not appear on the holder.

 

Classic 1858 $10 Rarity

Lot 942 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1858. NGC graded AU-58. Choice, copper-orange color and lots of mint frost. The surfaces show numerous abrasions, typical of a coin of this grade, but none are too heavy or worthy of mention. This date is one of the classic rarities in the Liberty Head $10 Eagle series. It starts out with a miniscule mintage of 2,521 pieces and just gets better from there on. Of the few dozen example known to exist, most are in circulated grades, and we mean heavily circulated. PCGS reports only 32 examples in all grades, including two monsters in MS-64 (quite possibly the same coin). The next highest grade reported by PCGS is a single AU-55! NGC also reports two Mint State examples, one in MS-64 (possibly the PCGS MS-64) and a single MS-61. The next highest grade is a single AU-58 -- this coin. Thus, at best, only two coins are better than the example offered here; at worst, only four!
Estimated Value $15,000-17,000.

 

Lot 943 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1859. NGC graded AU-55. A pleasing, lustrous example struck in pale yellow gold with mint luster evident about the stars and letters. Normal allotment of contact marks, a couple in the field behind the head of liberty. Like most of the "no motto" eagles of this period, seldom encountered in grades about extremely fine. NGC reports a total of 14 in this grasde with 24 higher, the finest is MS-63.
Estimated Value $1,300-1,500.

 

Lot 944 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1861-S. SEGS graded AU-55 * Old cleaning. Well struck with plenty of mint luster remaining. Although the holder designates "old cleaning" it is not harsh nor clearly evident. A rare low mintage date that is seldom seen in grades above extremely fine.
Estimated Value $3,500-4,000.


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