1855-S TEN DOLLARS OR EAGLE
PCGS No: 8618
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 9,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±26.8
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - ±90%
Other - ±10%
Weight: ±258 grains
(±16.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
(for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
AU-50, Cleaned, obverse scratches.
Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5694, illustrated, not
sold From the Dr. Jeff Hosford Collection
Net EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
661, illustrated, sold for $2,530.00 Purchased from Paramount on March 18, 1967
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single AU-55.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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