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Item: 1899 Gold $10 PCGS, MS-61

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Category: Coins > $10.00 Gold > Liberty Head

PCGS:

PCGS: 008742

Cert:

Cert: 32077818

Price:

Price: $1,730

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The Midwest Summer Sale 2025 View Lots
7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #886 - 1826 6 Over 5 SEGS (as described)
Hammer: $475
Large Cents-Liberty Head
Ex-Eliasberg. Newcomb-8, cataloger's grade: AU/surface defects. SEGS indicates a pedigree string of Eliasburg(sp) / B. Max Mehl / William Cutler Atwater and also states "obverse flaw". In addition to the area of roughness at upper left, two small dark scratches at upper right and isolated porosity on the reverse far left are also notable. Despite the relatively small size of the black-and-white photo in the Eliasberg catalog, this coin can be affirmed as lot 563 (May 20-22, 1996). As an early die-state example, the underdigit can be plainly viewed with a loupe, as can relatively beautiful, satiny lustrous surfaces throughout. It is interesting to note that the rarity of N-8 has diminished from R.3 in 1996, to R.2 today.

The Collectors' Auction View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #458 - 1839 Large Letters, Head of 1838 NGC AU-55
Hammer: $7,500
Gold $10-Capped Bust to Right Eagle
Mintage: 25,801 for a variety appropriately known as the "old portrait" obverse. The design compared side by side with that of latter years is distinctly different and leaner by comparison. The right edge of "9" in the date shows recutting sometimes mistaken as 98, and the portrait has a swirl of hair laying across the ear, rather than above it.

An untroubled example with minimal luster, the surface exhibits mostly mustard-yellow accents over pale golden color typical of the era. While rather well struck overall, five points of wear, likely joined by limits of then-current technology kept away perfect delineation of the wavy hair at the top of the portrait. The eagle's feathers are individually sculpted, however. The coin overall shows only expectant small abrasions -- not a single major mark requires separate mention.