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1803 E
XTRA
S
TAR
$10 C
APPED
B
UST
1888
1803. Extra Star BD-5 Rarity 4+
.
NGC graded AU-58
.
Well struck and untoned. Some obverse adjustment marks.
Of course, any other AU58 coin in existence would by defi-
nition have surface marks, so mentioning them may be a
waste of space. The type set collector seeking a represen-
tative coin of the era will find that issues of 1799, 1800,
1801, or 1803 will be the most likely candidates. Examples
are typically found in Very Fine to AU condition. Uncircu-
lated pieces are rare. (Mint State coins have frosty surfaces,
unlike the prooflike surfaces of the $10 coins of the mid-
1790s
Beginning with coins dated 1797, the Heraldic Eagle
reverse (first used in the gold series on the 1796 $2.50,
although an anachronistic $5 of 1795 must be mentioned)
was paired to the obverse style used earlier. In keeping
with silver and other gold denominations of the 1800
period, the reverse was adapted from the Great Seal of the
United States. It depicts an eagle with a shield across its
breast, holding in its talons a bundle of arrows and an olive
branch and in its beak. A ribbon inscribed E PLURIBUS
UNUM. A galaxy of stars and an arc of clouds is above. The
inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounds. Con-
sistent with the smaller gold coins from this period, there is
no mark of denomination or value.
Pop 9; 22 finer
.
Estimated Value .................................... $23,000 - 24,000
$10 Li be r t y /No Mo t t o
1889
1842-O
.
PCGS graded AU-53
. Nice light golden toning. Only
27,400 minted. Original luster around the devices. Moderate
abrasions in the field and on the devices for this scarce New
Orleans minted specimen.
Christian Gobrecht’s Coronet style, also called the Liberty Head
or Braided Hair motif, was used on the eagle beginning in 1838,
two years earlier than on the quarter eagle and one year before
the style was used on the half eagle. This followed a lapse of
coinage of the denomination since 1804.
The obverse depicts a female head, nicknamed Miss Liberty by
numismatists, facing left, her hair in a bun secured by a string
of beads, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. Stars surround,
and the date is below.
The reverse shows an eagle with a shield on its breast, perched
on an olive branch, holding three arrows. The inscription
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TEN D. surrounds. The Liberty
head used in 1838 and early 1839 is slightly differently styled
than that used later in 1839, continuing to the end of the series.
Pop 10; 14 finer
. (
PCGS # 8587
)
Estimated Value ..............................................$4,000 - 4,250
H
IGH
G
RADE
1846 $10 L
IBERTY
1890
1846
.
PCGS graded AU-55
. Mostly untoned and frosty.
Only 20,095 minted. Light reddish gold with considerable
luster. A number of small contact marks are typical of gold
coins at this grade level. Just over twenty thousand were
struck, making this a very rare issue in higher circulated
grades, in fact, rare in almost any grade.
Date logotype small and somewhat irregular, as normal for
the issue; highly positioned, twice as close to the neck
truncation in relationship to the dentils.
Pop 5; 2 finer, 1
in 58, 1 in 62
. (
PCGS # 8594
)
Estimated Value ........................................ $8,000 - 8,500
