Lot 1271
1882-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Mostly untoned with some mint luster still evident. A beautiful, carefully preserved example of th is popular CC-mint issue from the 1880s. Pop 33; 1 in 62; none finer at NGC. (PCGS # 8696) .
The big news event of the year 1882 was the trial of Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker who approached President James A. Garfield in the Washington railway station and shot him in July 1881. Garfield died in September 1881. Guiteau, an obscure Chicago lawyer of French-Canadian descent, was tried and convicted in Washington, where he was hanged on June 30, 1882.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000.
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| Realized $9,775 |
