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1908 $10 Motto MS67 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:30,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1908 $10 Motto MS67 PCGS
<B>1908 $10 Motto MS67 PCGS.</B></I> Unlike the double eagle issues from Philadelphia in the same year, the 1908 eagle saw only a relative handful of No Motto pieces produced, with over 10 times that number struck for the Motto variant. While the 1908 was not deliberately saved in quantity, its sizable mintage, combined with a quarter-century that allowed the pieces to become collectors' items prior to the gold melts of the Roosevelt Administration, has allowed a number of attractive and pleasingly preserved examples to survive today.<BR> In lesser Mint State grades, the type collector faces the strong temptation of a readily available, though perhaps not eye-catching array of 1926 and 1932 examples. For the connoisseur who wishes to own a piece that is better than Gem, the available populations rapidly dwindle. Pass beyond MS66, and aside from a single 1932-dated Superb Gem, PCGS has graded no examples of either of these otherwise commonly available issues. For an MS67 exemplar, one must turn to the earlier issues in the series, where populations are small but appreciable. The 1908 Philadelphia Motto issue, for example, has four representatives among the 42 Motto eagles that PCGS has awarded a Superb Gem designation (11/07).<BR> The Superb Gem offered here is a coin of astonishing beauty, attentively struck by the standards of the issue with shining canary-gold and butter-yellow surfaces that show faint hints of haze and satin. The obverse is incredibly well-preserved, and while a faint mark appears on the eagle's lower wing, this small flaw is of little consequence. A gorgeous and fascinating representative of this ten dollar gold issue.<BR><I>From The Madison Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Augustus Saint-Gaudens<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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