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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PATTERNS & TRIAL COINS 1864-1869
Item Description: 10C 1869 J-708
Full Grade: PCGS PF 65
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 Standard Silver
Judd-708, Pollock-787
Rarity: R.5;PR65

Struck in silver with a reeded edge.

Obverse: Liberty faces right, wearing a headband with a single large star in the forehead area. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA borders the upper periphery, with IN GOD WE TRUST in a curved ribbon below.
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:
The obverse is deep blue and the reverse is bright rose with just a hint of peripheral blue. The fields are deeply reflective

Provenance:
Private sale feb 2018; Prior Appears to be from Heritage August 2004 Pittsburgh, PA Signature Sale / Lot #7947 & Heritage 2008 October 14 Internet sale / Lot #22469 & since crossed over from NGC to PCGS

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