Key
Date 1804 Bust $10 NGC AU58. Cross 4, Large Eagle- $72,000. Click on Coin Image to
enlarge
Very
Scarce and in-Demand. Here’s one of the key dates
to the early $10 Eagle series and a monumental rarity,
13 Star Reverse. The specimen here is superbly struck
with lovely surfaces. This is the final year of the
early gold eagles, and the last year this denomination
was struck until 1838. Rare in all grades, and increasingly
popular, this specimen that we offer here is highly
collectible, compare with the MS-63 we sold in 2014
@ 165K and the MS-63+ that sold at Stacks Bowers last
week for $450,000.00.
Please contact
me by email
or telephone 1-941-291-2156
to reserve this great coin.
All known examples were
struck from a single die pair, which is differentiated
from the extremely rare Proof restrikes by the Crosslet
4 digit in the date. The mintage of this issue has been
estimated to be between 2,500 and 3,757 pieces, with
the latter number usually quoted as correct. However,
quoted mintages of early American gold coins are usually
based on suggestions from different numismatic researchers,
and the number of survivors is much more important.
Other researchers (including
Walter Breen) have suggested that the number of specimens
that remain to exist would not be higher than 60 at
most. It is interesting to see that this is considered
to be just a “scarce issue”, as coins with
populations such as this coin would be considered prime
rarities in other series’. However, due to the
high cost of completing this series, not many collectors
opt to do so. For the true connoisseur of early American
gold coinage here lies an opportunity, as many pieces
are obtained fairly easily at a cost. This, however,
is not the case with all coins, and offerings such as
the present should not be considered to be seen with
any frequency.
The quality of the particular
piece we presently offer is far superior to the majority
of other coins offered of this issue. Semi-prooflike
fields are visible on both sides as well. Faint adjustment
marks (Mint-made) are seen on the reverse, but are not
overly distracting from the overall eye-appeal. Both
sides are completely original, and feature various shades
of yellow mingled with orange and red tones. It appears
that this piece is an early die-state of the obverse,
which was obviously not used on any other issues. The
strike is generally sharp, and appears to be much better
than usually seen. Very seldom offered and near the
top of the condition census makes this a very important
offering which is not rivaled easily.
