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1837 10C No Stars PR64 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:14,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1837 10C No Stars PR64 NGC
<B>1837 10C No Stars PR64 NGC.</B></I> The 1837 dime is quite valuable in proof format. It is of the Large Date variety, which has a flat top to the 3. It also displays a spur from the rim over the first T in STATES.<BR> Walter Breen, in his 1989 <I>Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins</B></I>, says 30-plus 1837 proofs were struck on June 30, 1837, with "possibly 20 seen in all, some badly cleaned." NGC and PCGS have, to date, graded a total of 41 pieces from PR60 to PR67, an unknown number of which are obviously resubmissions.<BR> Low-intensity cobalt-blue patina dominates the obverse of this near-Gem, which shows a splash of light purple in the center. The latter color covers most of the reverse, with cobalt-blue concentrating at the margins. The strike is uniformly crisp, befitting a proof impression, leaving no elements with even the slightest hint of weakness. A few minute obverse handling marks are all that keep this lovely example from full Gem classification. Census: 11 in 64, 5 finer (11/07).<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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