1861 $10 Liberty Head Eagle PCGS AU58+ (CAC)

Civil War Gold for your collection!

Here’s an historic and attractive example to include in your collection. Writes gold specialist Doug Winter, "I’d rank Civil War gold as one of the more popular ultra-specialties in American numismatics." PCGS has graded 2 as AU58+ with 56 finer. Collectors Universe gives this issue a price of $6,000.00 in AU58+. In CAC, there are 36 in AU58/58+ with 18 finer.

When did Civil War gold become popular? Doug Winter tells us:

I had a brainstorm one afternoon. 2011 marked the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War, and what would be more natural than to promote Civil War gold? I began to quietly accumulate coins and simultaneously began to feature articles and blogs on my website touting them....I remember selling virtually all the coins I had very early on in my promotion and not being able to find many more for Round Two and Round Three. Other dealers had the same idea I did, and suddenly Civil War gold became popular.

The Battle of Fort Sumter, as illustrated by Currier and Ives. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.