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Gold: $3,316.02
Silver: $32.46
Platinum: $983.40
Palladium: $974.63
G/S: 102.16
Pt/G: 0.30
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Lot Title: 1861 $10 Clark Gruber PCGS AU-58
Lot Number: 322
Description: MAGA Collection. Kagin-7 (R.4). 18 graded AU-58, three higher at PCGS.

For an operation that saw coin-minting production over the course of just two years, the Clark-Gruber & Company output was quite prodigious, and in an absolute sense, obtaining a type example from this private Denver City (as the city of Denver was then known) mint is not really that difficult.

Helping put the reason for high production of Clark-Gruber coinage into historical perspective, remember that news of gold that had been pulled out of the mountain rocks had already made its way back east to Kansas and Missouri by the summer of 1858. This prompted the migration of some 100,000 prospectors over the next three years as families uprooted themselves in pursuit of the precious metal, thereby providing the first large European-American influx into the region. The Clark-Gruber facility was instrumental in converting gold dust, nuggets and the like into recognizable, commercial form.

For the collector of today, conditional rarity is the key concern here, since the PCGS census shows the present coin to be among the best preserved examples, with fewer than a handful graded higher. NGC bears out similar notions as its population reports only a dozen or so certified above AU-58.

Unquestionably complete luster rides through the fields, not necessarily sparkling with vibrancy, but self-assured in flowline texture and satin-roll vibrancy. That said, as expected of the grade, faint rub has thinned the luster within the broadest expanse of field area, and a number of vague abrasions, including a small, dull contact mark in front of the eagle's beak, bear witness to some limited handling within the channels of commerce. The color seems a bit more ideally "golden" in hue, with a minimum of the greenish overtone often associated with Clark-Gruber (and other branch mint) gold. All Pike's Peak gold was struck with variation in sharpness, and for this example, the linear details within Liberty's hair does display limited fine details by comparison to some exceptionally well-struck examples.
PCGS #: 10141
Certification: 08587706
Estimate: $20,000-$22,000
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Hammered Price: $20,000
Price Realized: $23,000

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1861 $10 Clark Gruber PCGS AU-58
1861 $10 Clark Gruber PCGS AU-58
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