United States 1803 10 dollars

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Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1508

This specimen was lot 1508 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €36,000 (about US$47,729 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ETATS-UNIS, AV 10 dollars (eagle), 1803, Philadelphie. Draped bust. Grandes étoiles. D/ T. de la Liberté à d., coiffée d'un bonnet, au-dessus de la date. Treize étoiles sur le tour. R/ Aigle éployée avec l'écu américain sur la poitrine, ten. un faisceau de flèches, un rameau et dans son bec une banderole inscrite E PLURIBUS UNUM. Au-dessus, treize étoiles sous une nuée. Très rare Fines griffes et léger coup sur la tranche. Bel exemplaire avec brillant de frappe. presque Superbe. Provient de Numismatica Genevensis, vente 7, 28 novembre 2012, 1634. (United States gold ten dollars of 1803, Philadelphia mint, draped bust, large stars. Obverse: head of Liberty right, wearing a cap, date below, thirteen stars around; reverse: an eagle displayed with the American arms on its breast, grasping a bundle of arrows and an olive branch, in its beak a ribbon bearing the motto about E PLURIBUS UNUM. Above, thirteen stars in a cloud. Very rare, fine scratches and a rim nick. Handsome example with mint luster, about Extremely Fine.)"

The first ten dollar gold pieces were struck in 1795; the reverse was modified in 1797 to use the heraldic eagle shown here. Mintages were low, as the mint had little access to bullion, and the output was quickly bought up by speculators and exported, as the coin had more than ten dollars worth of gold. The type, struck until 1804, is rare and expensive today. This example has the large stars reverse. Despite being graded "presque Superbe", it realized the price of a Choice Uncirculated.

Recorded mintage: 15,017.

Specification: 17.50 g, 0.917 fine gold, 33 mm diameter, designed by Robert Scot. This specimen 17,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 30, Fr-153.

Source:

  • Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
  • Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.

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