1857-O TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS No: 8623
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 5,500
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±26.8
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - ±90%
Other - ±10%
Weight: ±258 grains
(±16.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "O"
(for New Orleans, LA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2452
at $3,680.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
668, illustrated, sold for $5,060.00 From Stack's offering of the Bartle Collection, October 1984,
Lot 1182
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2453 at $1,725.00
EF-40, Cleaned, fields tooled. Ex
- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature
Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5695, not illustrated, sold for $529.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 5 AU-58's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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