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1795. $10 Capped Bust 13 leaves below eagle

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
1795. $10 Capped Bust 13 leaves below eagle
<B>1795. 13 leaves below eagle.</B> <B>PCGS graded AU-53.</B> Nice for the grade. Popular first year of issue. <B>Pop 18; 66 finer.</B> A date and type alwasys in demand. Well struck for this issue yielding only a thin hairline through the back curls below the cap. There is a lovely interplay between orange-gold and reddish colors that give this the eye appeal of an even higher grade.<BR><BR>The mintages were small in the 1790s because little demand existed domestically for &#36;10 eagles. The first United States Mint struck coins to order, for the most part. Bankers and others deposited silver and gold with the Mint, which the Mint&#39;s workers turned into coinage and then delivered to the owners of the precious metals.<BR><BR>Those depositing gold with the Mint in those first years has a preference for the more convenient &#36;5 half eagles to the &#36;10 eagles, ordering more of the smaller denomination than the larger. As best as we can understand, the eagle was too large for smal l transactions but too small for convenient transportation or storage of large sums. Many 1795-1804 eagles were exported.<BR><BR>Striking gold eagles that were only going to be exported or melted was wasteful of the Mint&#39;s production capacity. Production of this denomination ceased in 1804, possibly under the orders of President Jefferson. The halt in production for the gold eagle proved more than momentary. It wouldn&#39;t be struck for circulation again until 1838, at the second Philadelphia Mint <B>&#40;PCGS # 8551&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;40,000-50,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 87684<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/34jpegs/087684.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/34jpegs/087684N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>