20th Century Gold Coins
$10 Coronet Head, Motto (1900-1907)
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
EAGLES - CORONET |
| Item Description: |
$10 1901 S |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 |
| Owner: |
wwcca |
Owner Comments:
1901-S MS 64 Eagle
CAC Approved
The 1901-S is the most common $10 Liberty. Some experts feel as many as 200,000 still exist...and I agree with that estimate. Interestingly, about 90% of the survivors are uncirculated. These coins apparently didn't circulate much and were probably used for international banking and trade transactions as most of the survivors came from Swiss banks in the 1960s and 1970s when Swiss banks were the bullion traders and market-makers for the world. And that's what this coin was considered to be at the time...a bullion coin. Remember, at the time there were no American Gold Eagles, Canadian Maple Leafs, Chinese gold Pandas, or any of the other contemporary World bullion coin issues. And prior to 1975, the only "bullion" coins that were legal for American citizens to own were the Mexican 50 Pesos dated 1947 or prior, and the U.S. $20 and $10 gold pieces.