1796 TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS No: 8554
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,146
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert Scot
Diameter: ±33 millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 91.7%
Other - 8.3%
Weight: ±270 grains
(±17.50
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (all examples of
this date and type were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-53. Ex - Heritage
May 31-June 2, 2001:9058, "B-1a", plated, $24,725.00
"About Uncirculated".
A. Dohrmann - Chapman Brothers 12/1886 - T. Harrison Garrett - Bowers
10/1980:1656 - Stack's 12/2003:1018, $40,250.00, "Tar.6, Br.1A"
AU-50+. Superior 03/2001:857, "Breen-6832",
not sold
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"United States Ten Dollar Gold Eagles 1795-1804" by Anthony
J. Taraszka
"Walter Breen's
Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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