United States 1856 10 dollars
This specimen was lot 5967 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VEREINIGTE STAATEN VON AMERIKA, 10 Dollars 1856, Philadelphia. Liberty. 15,05 g Feingold. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 58 (6631517-008). GOLD. Fast vorzüglich. (United States of America, ten dollars of 1856, Philadephia mint, liberty head. About extremely fine, graded NGC AU-58.)"
This specimen is one of a type struck without motto at the Philadelphia mint 1839-66. Issues are also recorded from New Orleans (1841-60) and San Francisco (1854-66). In 1866, the motto "In God We Trust" was added to the reverse. This is a better date but not rare.
Specification: 16.71 g, 0.900 fine gold, .483 troy oz AGW, reeded edge, designed by Christian Gobrecht.
Recorded mintage: 60,490.
Catalog reference: KM 66.2, Fr-155.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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