2003, Orlando, FL. (FUN) Signature Sale #308 - Sessions 5 and 6

1878 $10--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF45, traces of reddish patina still cling to the devices; 1890--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF45, myria

1878-CC $10 AU58 NGC. A fully original example with deep orange-gold color on the obverse and reverse. There are some light, scattered marks on the su

1878-S $10 XF40 PCGS. Bright and rich in color, although rather baggy with several small obverse spots. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning l

1879-CC $10 AU50 PCGS. Winter 1-A. Formerly offered as lot 7196 in our 2000 Santa Clara Sale, where it was described in part as, "The lowest mi...

1879-S $10 MS60 NGC. Olive-gold fields with yellow-gold peripheries and marks consistent with the grade. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning

1880-CC $10 AU58 NGC. Winter 1-B. If the position of the mintmark makes it difficult to pin down which of the three varieties this coin is, the extens

1881 $10 MS63 NGC. Lustrous with a minimum of abrasions and a pleasing orange-gold color. The strike is sharp. Important notice: We expect to be aucti

1881-CC $10 AU58 NGC. A band of bright luster connects the stars and peripheral legends. A sharply struck representative that has good eye appeal due

1881-CC $10 MS62 NGC. Winter 1-A. According to Doug Winter's latest Condition Census, this should be a lower Condition Census piece. However, NG...

1882-CC $10 AU50 PCGS. Winter 2-A. The misplaced digits in the denticles are quite prominent on this piece. Well struck, the surfaces show a warm gold

1882-CC $10 AU55 PCGS. Winter 2-A. This is an especially choice piece that has significant portions of mint luster surrounding the outer devices and e

1882-CC $10 AU58 PCGS. Winter 2-A. This interesting variety is actually a mispunched date. Two lunules of the top of the two 8s in the date were mispu

1882-CC $10 AU58 NGC. Winter 2-A. Another example of this scarce mispunched date. At the AU58 level, this and the coin above are Condition Census qual

1883-CC $10 XF45 NGC. Original golden-brown color. The luminous traces of peripheral luster are particularly noticeable on the reverse. Richly detaile

1883-CC $10 AU55 NGC. Winter 1-A. This coin is equal in grade to the Ashland City specimen that we are also auctioning at the 2003 FUN Convention. It

1883-CC $10 MS61 NGC. Lightly marked with bright, prooflike fields and appealing, even, yellow-gold color. Most examples of this issue are either exce

1883-S $10 MS63 NGC. The otherwise orange-gold coloration lightens to golden-rose shades in the center of the obverse. Both sides are sharply struck w

1884-CC $10 MS60 NGC. Winter 1-A. Like the AU53 coin in the Ashland City Collection, this piece is also atypically well defined. The peripheral stars

1884-S $10 MS60 NGC. Although the surfaces of this coin feature myriad abrasions, no one mark is detracting from the overall eye appeal.From the Colle

1885 $10 AU58 ANACS, semi-prooflike luster surrounds the devices; 1888-S AU58 ANACS, the obverse of this near-Mint example is quite clean, but the bru