1865 TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 8641, 8801
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,980
Proofs: 25
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 26.8
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 258 grains
(16.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
Ex - Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-60. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2454
Not Sold
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 686,
"Breen's Doubled Die Reverse", illustrated, sold for $2,530.00 From Abe Kosoff's sale of
the Shuford Collection, May 1968, Lot 2190
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
Sources and recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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