Lot 1429
1796 $10 Capped Bust. EF-40. Just a "type date," with no special variety to its credit, but with a mintage of only 4,146 coins. Not many have survived all these years. This is indeed a nice collector's coin, having been in one owner's hands for many years and destined to be held and cherished yet again. Its surfaces are vaguely prooflike, meaning that the luster is "hard." The color is a very "set," old-time mellow orange gold. The surfaces show almost no marks, although some hairlines, so it was probably wiped or gently cleaned at one time. The rims are basically perfect, incredibly so for a circulated coin of such soft metallic composition. Some faint adjustments also show, now worn a bit, on the eagle's breast.
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| Realized $15,525 |
