1908-D TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE -
WITH
"IN GOD WE TRUST" ON REVERSE
(see also 1908-D
Eagle - No "In God We Trust" on Reverse)PCGS
No: 8860
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 836,500
Proofs: 0
Designer: Augustus
Saint-Gaudens
Diameter: 26.8
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 258 grains
(16.7 grams)
Edge: Raised stars
Mintmark: "D"
(for Denver) left of the arrowheads on the reverse
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Images
courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are two MS-68's.
Significant
examples:
(illustrated above).
Ex - John Jay Pittman - David Akers Numismatics, Inc.
"The John Jay Pittman Collection", illustrated
PCGS MS-68. Ex - Stack's
"William Thomas Michaels", January 21, 2004, Lot 3007,
illustrated, no prior pedigree, sold for $75,000.00
Recent appearances:
MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May
21, 2001, Lot 294, illustrated, sold for $1,092.50
NGC MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1359, not illustrated, sold for
$1,092.50
MS-60. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7142, not illustrated, sold for $333.50
AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1513, not illustrated, sold
for $379.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
The PCGS Population Report,
January 2004" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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