1928-S 10C, FB MS(PCGS#4971)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1559

Grade

MS65FB

Price

2,928

Lot Description

Bright silver surfaces are aglow with strong, frosty mint luster. This is a well struck example displaying full split bands and bold peripheral devices, features seldom found on this issue. Delivered the year before the Wall Street crash of 1929, the 1928-S saw the early effects of the Great Depression through the withholding of many examples from circulation. This proved beneficial to later generations of collectors for, after only the 1929-S, the 1928-S is the most readily obtainable early date San Francisco Mint Mercury dime in Mint State. It is also one of the better produced issues from its era, although David W. Lange (2005) issues the cautionary warning that, "examples having full bands form a minority of the surviving Uncirculated population." In the finest grades, as here, such Full Bands examples are undeniable condition rarities that enjoy strong demand from advanced Mercury dime date collectors.