1796 $10 MS(PCGS#8554)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

競売業者

Stack's Bowers

ロット番号

2387

グレード

AU58

価格

97,600

ロット詳細

BD Die State c/b. A numismatically desirable example of this scarce early type. Bright golden-olive color throughout, the surfaces are bright, flashy, and boast considerable reflectivity in both the obverse and reverse field areas. Moderately abraded, yet with no singularly mentionable marks apart from a couple of faint pin scratches near the upper obverse border, around the letter E in LIBERTY. Boldly struck.<p>The Small Eagle reverse was used on the $10 gold piece for only three years and was not produced in any large quantity. The 1796 eagle is no exception; the reported mintage according to Mint records is that 4,146 pieces were delivered that calendar year, though this almost certainly includes a number of 1795-dated eagles, as well. Precisely how many were actually dated 1796 remains to be discovered, John W. Dannreuther in his 2006 study, <em>Early U.S. Gold Coin Varieties: A Study of Die States, 1795-1834</em>, has estimated the mintage of the 1796-dated issue at 3,500 to 4,146 pieces, all struck from a single die pair. One distinguishing feature are the sixteen stars on the obverse signifying the admission of Tennessee into the Union on June 1, 1796, indicating that these few coins were all struck after that date. The 1796 eagle is also the first of only two issues with only 11 leaves on the reverse branch in the eagle's claw; the earlier 1795-dated varieties all display either nine or 13 leaves on the branch. Just 125 to 175 examples are believed extant in all grades, of which less than a dozen certification events have been recorded in the Mint State levels. This bold Choice AU survivor is a delight to behold and a classic early gold rarity.