Tag Archive for: $10 Liberty/No Motto

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Coin 392 – 1839/8. Large letters $10 Liberty/No Motto NGC Proof 67 Ultra Cameo

Coin Number 392 Another stellar gold eagle from the Tyrant Collection is the majestic superb gem proof 1839/8. This is the finest of just three known examples, at least tying if not topping the quality of the coin in the National Numismatic…
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Coin 393 – 1839/8. Type of 1838 $10 Liberty/No Motto PCGS MS-64

Coin Number 393 This is one of the most elegant designs of 20th Century that was briefly adopted for our coinage. This was one of the masterpieces by talented engraver Christian Gobrecht (who did the famed 1836 silver dollars). For this is…
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Coin 394 – 1854 $10 Liberty/No Motto PCGS MS-64

Coin Number 394 This could be the finest known example of this date, and is likely undergraded in its current old green holder. The luster is especially satiny with bright yellow gold with a hint of green. The strike is bold on all the stars,…
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Coin 395 – 1857 $10 Liberty/No Motto NGC Proof 66 Cameo

Coin Number 395 This is the only Proof known of this date, and what a gem! The Cameo contrast is strong here, with perfectly smooth mirror fields upon which the heavily frosted devices seem to float above. The strike is precise and full, with…
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Coin 396 – 1858 $10 Liberty/No Motto PCGS MS-64+

Coin Number 396 This is one of the key dates to the series with a tiny mintage of 2,521 pieces. This one is far and away the finest known of perhaps 40 to 50 pieces in all. John Dannreuther notes the history behind this coin as follows from…
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1862 $10 Liberty. NGC MS-64

Cert # 5055405-016 Coin Number 101 Wow, this is far and away the finest known of this date and mint, and an important Civil War era date it is. Only 10,960 pieces were struck and from that emission perhaps 100 or so exist today. Out of the…
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1862-S $10 Liberty. PCGS MS-61

Cert #8636 30131716 Coin Number 102 This is the finest 1862-S eagle known. It is the only true mint state coin from this issue known. The original mintage of 12,500 pieces has been reduced to about 65 known today. This is the most intact…
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1863 $10 Liberty. PCGS Proof 64 CAC

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1865-S $10 Liberty. 865 over inverted 186. NGC MS-62

Cert # 5055504-001 Coin Number 112 This is the finest known of the popular and rare blundered date. Recovered from the S.S. Republic shipwreck, no finer example is reported. The strike is sharp for this issue, with the lovelock well defined…
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1866-S $10 Liberty. No motto. NGC MS-60

Cert # 914153-013 Coin Number 115 Here is the final appearance of the No Motto eagles. San Francisco, eager to start production in 1866, went ahead once the new obverse dated dies arrived and struck off 8,500 pieces in February 1866. Soon,…