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1914-S[$10] MS65 NGC.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1914-S[$10] MS65 NGC.
<B>1914-S<$10> MS65 NGC.</B></I> While Saint-Gaudens' Double Eagle was produced primarily for use by the banking system, his beautiful eagle fulfilled its duty to the United States Treasury as a circulating medium of exchange. When one stops to consider the purchasing power that Ten Dollars possessed in the early part of this century, it is little wonder that few Americans could afford to set aside an Indian Head Eagle for future posterity regardless of how pristine it looked. While this grim reality hit many Indian Head issues hard, the San Francisco mint's production of 1914 suffered one of the worst attrition rates of them all. Although About Uncirculated and lower Mint State specimens are obtainable for a price, true Gems, such as the coin offered here, are of the utmost rarity and desirability. This is a stunning representation with a crisp, essentially complete strike (save for minimal softness on the eagle's upper wingtip) that is quite foreign to the series. The vivid orange-gold surfaces exhibit swirling mint frost and slight underlying granularity. There are no single abrasions that are worthy of concern and the surfaces do full justice to the vaunted grade designation. For future identification, a tiny black spot is seen about midpoint on the last feather. It is difficult for us to imagine a more attractive example of this conditionally challenging issue for an advanced gold collection. Population: 6 in 65, 3 finer (4/04). <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.