1908 $10 Motto MS(PCGS#8859)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3356

等级

MS67

价格

291,342

详细说明

A coin of incredible quality for this issue or, in fact, any issue from this series. Strong mint luster is seen throughout with beautiful color in vivid rose-orange providing strong eye appeal. The strike is exceptional, the detail razor sharp to full overall. This piece is solidly in the Condition Census for the 1908 Motto $10 and would serve as a focal point in even the finest gold type set or Indian eagle collection.<p>Augustus Saint-Gaudens' original design for the Indian eagle did not include the motto IN GOD WE TRUST because President Theodore Roosevelt believed it to be sacrilegious. Congress, upset that Roosevelt took this action without their consent, demanded the motto be restored. Chief Engraver Charles Barber modified the dies in 1908 to add it before the eagle's breast on the reverse, where it would remain until 1933. Overall, the quality of 1908 Motto eagles is very high and offers a pleasing example of the design. The Philadelphia Mint coined 341,486 eagles with the Motto added, and even though the issue suffered significant attrition due to the mass meltings of the late 1930s, it is generally available even in the lower Mint State levels. Above Choice Mint State, that situation changes dramatically and the issue rapidly becomes a notable condition rarity. Superb Gem examples are especially scarce and the addition of a coin at this state of preservation is an achievement in and of itself. Delightful in every regard, this coin will readily find a new home in an outstanding cabinet.