1857-S TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS No: 8624
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 26,000
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:
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 669, illustrated, sold for $1,380.00 From Abe Kosoff's sale of February
1969, Lot 1407
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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