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1930-S $10 MS64 PCGS. Production of eagles could best

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:50,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 2.00 USD
1930-S $10 MS64 PCGS. Production of eagles could best
<B>1930-S $10 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> Production of eagles could best be described as fitful in the years leading up to the gold recall of 1933. After 1915, the Philadelphia Mint would coin examples in just three other years, though two of them were the million-plus mintages for 1926 and 1932. (The third, of course, is the famed rarity of 1933.) San Francisco was the only mint to produce the ten dollar pieces in 1916, and it would coin just two more issues, those of 1920 and 1930. Both of these later issues faced heavy melting, though the 1930-S was less affected than the coins of a decade earlier. This may seem counterintuitive, particularly with the trend of increasing difficulty for later-date issues, Garrett and Guth cleverly note that few European banks, one of the best sources of American gold coinage, were ill-equipped to acquire such coinage in 1920, as that continent was still recovering from the Great War. While the 1930-S is significantly more available than its 1920 counterpart, such availability is relative, particularly as one moves up the Mint State grades.<BR> The present example is a highly lustrous and suitably struck survivor from the original mintage of 96,000 pieces. The surfaces are predominantly apricot-gold, and jewel-toned swirls of pale citrine and emerald grace the frosty fields. Overall, the appearance of the piece is clean, and only a pair of light abrasions on the obverse, one on the cheekbone, the other on the jaw, keeps this near-Gem from an even higher grade. A remarkable representative of this late-date issue, best appreciated in person. Population: 35 in 64, 18 finer (11/06).<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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