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1914 $10 Indian NGC Proof 67

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1914 $10 Indian NGC Proof 67
<b>1914 &#36;10 Indian. NGC graded Proof 67.</b> Pop: 7/0. This remarkable Proof is set in NGC holder #1919741-011. In 1914 only 50 Proof Indian eagles were struck by the Mint. Few realized it then &#40;other than mint officialdom&#41; but by that time collectors had rejected the sandblast look of America&#39;s gold coins; most of the new years&#39; coinage languished in the vaults and eventually had to be consigned to the furnaces. Also affecting sales was the fact that in 1914 the face value of a ten dollar gold coin represented twice the daily pay of a typical factory worker such as an assembly line person in one of Henry Ford&#39;s River Rouge plants. Only the well to do could afford collecting gold Proofs. It has been variously estimated that 20 to 30 pieces exist of the 1914 issue &#40;grading census numbers have to be given a wide latitude, of course, due to an unknown number of duplicate submissions&#41;.

The sandblast or &#34;matte&#34; surfaces this year tend towards a slightly different texture than the heavy matte finish of, say 1911 or 1912, as pointed out by Breen. They have a coarser grain finish than in 1913 with individual facets or diamond-like sparkle on the sandblast surface being just a bit more defined than on previous years. The color is similar to the 1913 but often with more of a grayish tint. No doubt about it, this is a pristine Proof. A superb coin. One that is remarkable too in that it has no identifying marks or blemishes, meaning that could never really be improved upon. The opportunity to purchase such a coin may prove more important than the cost eventually required.

SUPERB PROOF 1914 &#36;10 GOLD PIECE RARITY <b>&#40;PCGS # 8896&#41;</b>

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