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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PATTERNS & TRIAL COINS 1864-1869
Item Description: 10C 1869 J-696
Full Grade: NGC PF 64 CAMEO
Owner: mania

Set Details

Custom Sets: 10C Patterns
Liberty Bust Standard Silver Type Set - Please Stop Hoarding
US Patterns- WHAT U.S. COINAGE COULD HAVE BEEN
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Patterns & Trial Coins (1864-1869)

Owner Comments:


1869 10C Std Silver
Judd-696, Pollock-775
Rarity: R.5; PR64Cam

Struck in silver with a reeded edge.

Obverse: Liberty wearing a cap with three large stars, and the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" is displayed in a banner beneath the bust.
Reverse: 10 CENTS at the center surrounded by a thick wreath of oak and laurel. "STANDARD SILVER" is across the top at the border, and the date is below and outside the wreath at the boarder.

Comment:
Well preserved with brilliant surfaces throughout and deeply mirrored fields. A few wispy hairlines.
This Reverse type was paired with all three 1869 10 Cent Obverses



Provenance/Appearances:
Private sale mar 2014; Prior Heritage June 2010 Long Beach, CA Auction / Lot #1473


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