1899 $10 Liberty Head Eagle NGC MS64 (CAC)
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This is a sensational and affordable piece. Out of its original mintage of 1,262,219, there have been a substantial 22,237 graded by NGC. However, there have only been 204 specimens graded higher than the current offering (as of 5/2021), making this a quite affordable registry coin! Plus the desirable CAC sticker gives it greater value and cachet. Only 97 MS64 and MS64+ coins of this date/mintmark have been endorsed by CAC - a miniscule number when compared to the combined PCGS and NGC population/census of 2,191 certified coins (6/2021). Take advantage of this opportunity to count this coin as the newest addition to your collection!
1899 $10 Liberty Head Eagle NGC MS64 (CAC)
It is with pleasure that we at AUCM present for consideration a stunning--and quite affordable--gold type coin from the 19th century, an 1899 $10 Liberty graded NGC MS64 (CAC). This piece would be the perfect addition to a type set of affordable gold pieces from throughout American history. Another option is to have one really great gold coin to include in your collection. And this would be the perfect one!
Discussing the design found upon the Liberty Head eagle, numismatic scholar and art critic Cornelius Vermeule writes, "Gobrecht executed new designs (1838) for the $10 denomination in gold, a coin known as an eagle. The bust of Liberty with an inscribed coronet in her hair that graced the obverse was to remain on the gold coinage until 1908." The reverse differed little from the design in use since 1807 on the $5 gold piece save that the wings of the eagle spread from one edge of the coin to the other. Commenting upon the inspiration for Gobrecht's Liberty, Vermeule writes, "The motivation for this Roman head of Liberty stems from vast, varied neoclassicism of the Napoleonic era. Typical of the source is a small painting ... by Jacques-Louis David's contemporary Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Phythagoras or The Earth is Round, painted about 1800. ... [On the painting it] is the diademed or coroneted, white-robed, seated female that should attract our attention, for she is related to the heads of Liberty on our 19th century gold ... coinage."
| PCGS # | 8742 |
|---|---|
| Grading Service | NONE |
| Year of Issue | NONE |
| Grade | NONE |
| Denom Type | N/A |
| Numeric Denomination | $10 |
| Mint Location | NONE |
| Designation | NONE |
| Circ/UnCirc | Not Specified |
| Strike Type | N/A |
| Grade Add On | NONE |
| Holder Type | N/A |
