Lot 2339
1866-S $10 Gold Liberty. With motto. NGC graded AU-50. Rich golden surfaces that display faint hairlines but ample luster. Typical abrasions found in the fields but no major marks or scratches. Struck from the same obverse die used to strike the 1866-S No Motto issue. There are two issues in the eagle series for the year 1866, the No Motto and With Motto. Of the two, the 1866-S With Motto has a higher mintage of 11,500 and is a tad more available than the No Motto issue. Regardless of being slightly more available, the 1866-S With Motto is still a serious rarity and much sough after issue. NGC has graded 16 in this grade and 12 finer, the finest being a single AU-58 example.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
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| Realized $5,175 |
