Lot 1518
1803 $10 Capped Bust. NGC graded MS-62. As usual for this issue, slightly soft on the obverse left stars, bold on the right and fully struck stru the centeers. A beautiful frosty mint example, lightly toned with light mint-made adjustments marks on the reverse. Here is a eye-catching coin for the grade, and a classic early gold rarity. The surfaces are quite choice and damage-free for a gold coin of this date, with smooth-flowing luster covering both sides. Nicely struck by the dies it is also very attractive. Only a few of these early eagles are available for sale in true mint condition (a number are locked in museum collections), and this one stands out as a solid Mint State 62. Pop 1; 1 finer in 63.
The Philadelphia Mint struck an estimated 15,017 1803 capped bust eagles from a single obverse die and several different reverse dies. The reverses are known with Small Stars and Large Stars. One variety for the Large Stars has faint traces of a fourteenth star punched into a cloud!
Estimated Value $40,000 - 45,000.
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