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1880 10C PR68 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:8,250.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1880 10C PR68 NGC
<B>1880 10C PR68 NGC.</B></I> Ex: Phil Kaufman. The 1880 has the highest business strike and proof outputs of the three low mintage Seated dimes from the 1879-1881 era. This is not to imply that the mintage of the 1880 is "high" in an absolute sense. After all, only 36,000 business strikes and 1,355 specimens were delivered, the present Superb Gem easily qualifying for Condition Census standing among the extant proofs. Phil Kaufman is known for having a fabulous and well known eye for knock-out originality on proof Seated coinage. The otherwise golden-blue toning scheme reveals a reddish-lilac center on the reverse and a splash of similar color in the right obverse field. All shades deepen to copper and charcoal hues at indirect angles, those that are more direct also revealing splendid mirrored reflectivity. A fully defined and expertly preserved coin. NGC reports only five other 1880 Seated dimes in PR68, and none are finer, while PCGS has yet to certify a single coin above the PR67 level (2/08).<BR><I>Ex: 2003 Central States (Heritage, 5/2003), lot 5923.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Christian Gobrecht<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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