Ten Dollar Gold Coins or Eagles were made from 1795 to 1933. Several different types were made as follows: --- Capped Bust to Right, Small Eagle from 1795 to 1797 --- Capped Bust to Right, Heraldic Eagle from 1787 to 1804 --- Liberty Head from 1838 to 1907 --- Indian Head from 1907 to1933.
Ten Dollar Gold Coins were made in all the operating mints of the time and many rare and scarce dates exist.
Large Date. Dramatic reverse die breaks.
Small Date. A scarce date and variety with well struck yellow gold surfaces.
A pleasing early 'O' mint with nice lustrous surfaces.
A well detailed and pleasing example of this better New Orleans 'Ten'.
CAC. Lustrous with sharp detail and nice original surfaces.
Well detailed with attractive surfaces. A modest mintage of only 51,000.
Large Date. Scarcer than the Small Date variety with the date being extremely large. This well struck example is brilliant with just a little 'rub'.
Well detailed surfaces with even wear. The first year for gold eagles from the San Francisco Mint which saw a modest mintage of 123,826 pieces.
Lustrous and well struck. The first year for gold eagles from the San Francisco Mint.
From the first year 'gold eagles' were produced at the San Francisco Mint. This is an attractive example with strong detail and lustrous surfaces.
A pleasing and well struck yellow-gold example of this scarce date. Just 16,606 minted.
Scarce in any grade with a mintage of 26,000. This is a well detailed pleasing example.
Just 15,500 minted with a low survival rate. A string of rare dates came out of the San Francisco Mint in the 1850's thru the late 1870's. All these dates had relatively low mintages plus they saw heavy commercial use, so high grade coins are very rare. PCGS has yet to grade an 1861-S in mint state! This is an attractive Choice AU with strong detail and lustrous surfaces that have fewer marks than typically seen on these early 'S' mint 'Tens'.
Very nice for the grade with problem-free surfaces and a nice antique gold color. A very scarce date with 12,500 struck and just 60 to 80 known survivors.
CAC. Nice original semi proof-like surfaces with honey-gold luster and just a touch of 'rub'. Just 3,990 minted with fewer than 100 known survivors. This example is tied for the finest graded at PCGS. A single NGC graded MS-60 is the only mint state coin graded by either service.
Closed 3. One of the rarest of all $10 gold coins! All were minted with a closed 3. Just 800 were minted with an estimated 30 to 35 known. This is an attractive example with strong detail and bright lustrous surfaces. There are scattered abrasions but they are generally minor and the surfaces are much cleaner than most surviving examples. A great opportunity for an advanced collector to scoop up this very rare date!
Scarce in any grade with just 16,767 minted. Well struck with a clean look. Very elusive in any higher grades with only 1 coin at PCGS and 1 coin at NGC achieving a mint state designation.
Just 4,696 minted and very rare as are all early Carson City 'Tens'. This is an attractive example with solid detail and pleasing surfaces.
Attractive yellow-gold surfaces that exhibit ample remnant luster and a strong strike. The look is far cleaner than what is normally seen on early CC gold. Marks are few and minor with none of significance. The 1878-CC is among the rarest eagles from not only the Carson City Mint but also in the entire $10 Liberty series. Of 3,244 pieces minted, only a scant 60-75 pieces are believed to still survive. Only 15 pieces have graded finer at NGC with the highest graded being a single MS-61 example.
Well detailed with nice original antique-gold surfaces that bear no heavy abrasions. A scarce date with just 9,200 minted and few survivors.