1861-S TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS No: 8634
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 15,500
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±26.8
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±258 grains
(±16.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
(for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
ANACS Net EF-45, AU Details, Cleaned.
Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9083, plated, sold for
$1,725.00
Net EF-40. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 680, illustrated, not sold Purchased from Stanley Kesselman on
January 18, 1970; earlier from B. Max Mehl's sale of the William Cutler
Atwater Collection, Lot 1559
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single AU-58.
Sources and recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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