1801 TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS No: 8564
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 44,344
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, PA Mint)
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Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 861, unsold
NGC MS-63. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1468, "T-24:16-M", illustrated, sold for $18,975.00
Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1226, plated, sold for $17,825.00
Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1807, "Taraszka 25:17-N, Breen 2-B",
plated, sold for $21,850.00
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 583, "Breen-2B,
T-25", illustrated, sold for $17,250.00 From Abe Kosoff's ANA Sale, August 1966, Lot 2101
NGC MS-61. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
739, "Breen 2-B, Tarazska-25, Rarity-3", illustrated, sold for
$12,650.00
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex-
Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1629,
"Breen-2B", sold for $10,350.00
Choice About Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September
Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1630, "Breen-2B", sold
for $8050.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7323, "B-2b", illustrated, not sold
NGC AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7703,
"B-2B", illustrated, sold for $6,440.00 From the Violet Bancroft Collection
PCGS AU-53. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 3753, sold for $9,200.00
PCGS AU-53. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 3751, sold for $8,625.00
AU-50. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection,
Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 4069, "Taraszka 25:17-N,
Rarity-3", illustrated, sold for $6,037.00
AU-50, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5691,
illustrated, sold for $4,600.00
ANACS Net VF-35, AU Details, Tooled, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature
Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9062, "B-2b", plated, sold
for $3,277.50 From the Clyde Godfrey Collection
Net VF-20, sharpness of EF-45. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May
21, 2001, Lot 261, "Breen-6843, B-2b", illustrated, sold for
$2,760.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-65's.
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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