Lot 4469
1907 $10 Indian. Wire rim, periods. PCGS graded MS-65. Mostly untoned. Gorgeous satiny luster with impeccable surfaces, strike, color, and originality. Only 500 pieces struck. As we have commented upon before, 1907 was a watershed year in American numismatics. Tossed out were several mediocre coin designs that had outlived their usefulness. Teddy Roosevelt, spearheaded the revolution. He forced the stodgy Mint to bring its coinage design up to twentieth century standards. This was an age when politicians and statesmen were flexing the government's muscles, so to speak. America's brand-new navy, christened the Great White Fleet was steaming around the world on its grand tour as sort of a chest-pounding exercise at the time the Wire Edge tens were in production. What we were telling the other great sea powers was that America, too, was a force to be reckoned with. Regardless of one's opinion of nationalism, whether it be all mighty or all foolhardy, Theodore Roosevelt was in the vanguard of this American "awakening." These elegant Ten Dollar Pieces of 1907 by Augustus Saint-Gaudens were one of the more visible aspects of this modernization program, and should be cherished as others cherish artifacts from prior, historic openings. Pop 42; 18 finer, 15 in 66, 3 in 67 (PCGS # 8850) .
Estimated Value $60,000 - 65,000.
Ohringer Family Trust Holdings.
|
| |
| Realized $80,500 |
