1797 $10 Small Eagle MS(PCGS#8555)
1797 $10 Small Eagle MS (PCGS#8555)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 5144
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 1,223,331
- 详细说明
- Magnificent Choice AU 1797 Small Eagle $10 1797 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Small Eagle. BD-1, Taraszka-7. Rarity-5. AU-58 (PCGS). Deep yellow-gold with an olive cast and heavy orange highlights on both sides. Somewhat reflective in the fields, especially on the reverse. No serious marks are present, and the boldly struck design elements make for excellent viewing. Low magnification reveals some faint vertical planchet adjustment marks (as made) along the eagle's sinister (viewer's right) side of the torso. BD Die State b/b. The mintage for the 1797 Small Eagle provided in most numismatic references is 3,615 coins, based on Walter Breen's 1988 assertion that the 3,615 eagles delivered from March 25 through May 2, 1797, were of this issue. Based on a more exhaustive study of die states, emission sequences, and coins extant, John W. Dannreuther provides an estimated mintage of 1,250 to 3,615 coins for the 1797 Small Eagle in his 2006 early gold coin reference. The 1797 is the scarcest date in the Capped Bust Right, Small Eagle ten-dollar gold series of 1795 to 1797. At least one 1796 is known to have been struck after all known 1797 Small Eagle coins, a conclusion based on the presence of a reverse die crack from the border through the right side of the letter O in OF to the wreath. Whether a remarriage for the 1797 Small Eagle is also known is pending discovery of an example of this date with that reverse die crack. A highlight of the present sale, this lovely and scarce early eagle is sure to find its way into a highly regarded numismatic cabinet. Provenance: From our (Bowers and Merena's) Ft. Lauderdale Rarities Sale, January 2005, lot 1594; our (Stack's) Keusch, Snow & Del Zorro Collections sale, November 2008, lot 4430. PCGS Population: 3; 5 finer (MS-62 finest). PCGS# 8555. NGC ID: BFYN. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]