1908-D $10 No Motto MS (PCGS#8854)
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- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4530
- 等级
- MS66
- 价格
- 504,324
- 详细说明
- Enticing Gem Mint State 1908-D No Motto Eagle
Tied for Finest Seen by PCGS
1908-D Indian Eagle. No Motto. MS-66 (PCGS). Secure Holder.
This scarce date and mint is difficult to find in high grade, especially so at the Gem level. There is rich coppery-gold luster on both sides, with areas that flash with lighter yellow-teal blended with orange-gold. The strike is sharp throughout and the surfaces are splendid in quality with very few signs of bagmarks or scuffs. This coin is tied with at most four others as the finest seen by PCGS of this date and mint with the No Motto reverse design. The original mintage of 210,000 pieces was reduced by approximately 99 percent by melting of coins in the 1930s, leaving perhaps 1,500 to 2,000 of these today. Few can begin to compare with the incredible quality of this example. Although this particular date and mint has been overlooked in the past, with the advent of certification the true rarity of this issue in high grade has come to light.
PCGS# 8854.
Provenance: From the Bentley Shores Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Kutasi Collection, January 2007, lot 3163; and Heritage's sale of the Jim O'Neal Collection of Saint-Gaudens Eagles, January 2009, lot 3504.
PCGS Population: 5; none finer.
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