United States 1801 10 dollars

Sincona sale 76, lot 1773

This specimen was lot 1773 in Sincona sale 76 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 24,000 CHF (about US$29,131 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Vereinigte Staaten. 10 Dollars 1801, Philadelphia. Liberty Cap type. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. NGC MS61. Feine Goldpatina. (United States, ten dollars of 1801, Philadelphia mint, liberty cap type. Rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Nice gold toning.)"

The first ten dollar gold pieces were struck in 1795; the reverse was modified in 1798 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.

Recorded mintage: 44,344.

Specification: 17.50 g, 0.916 fine gold, 33 mm diameter, this specimen 17.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM 30. Fr-153.

Source:

• 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

Link to:

• United States 1795 10 dollars
• United States 1803 10 dollars
• Coins and currency dated 1801