Lot 769
1852 Wass, Molitor & Co. (San Francisco) $10 Gold. Wide Date, Large Head. NGC graded AU-58. Lovely rich golden toning with fairly sharp devices. Quite frosty with lustrous fields. The obverse depicts a close match to the standard Liberty head eagle, instead on her headband it says W. M. & Co., instead of LIBERTY, with the date 1852 below with 13 stars surrounding. The reverse has a closely matching eagle to the regular United States eagle coin, the legends here state S. M. V. CALIFORNIA GOLD / TEN D. below. The S.M.V. stands for Standard Market Value (in other words $10 in gold). This is one of the most popular of the Territorial gold coins. Pop 4; 6 finer, 1 in 60, 3 in 61, 2 in 63. Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000
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