$10.00 Liberty Head With Motto Gold 1866 - 1907

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Liberty Head Eagle With Motto General Grading Standards

VF20 Very Fine - Hair lines above coronet partly worn. Curls under ear worn but defined. EF40 Extremely Fine - Small amount of wear on top of hair and below L in LIBERTY. Wear evident on wing tips and neck of eagle. AU50 About Uncirculated - Trace of wear on tip of coronet and hair above eye. AU55 Choice About Uncirculated - Evidence of friction on design high points. Some of original mint luster present. MS60 Uncirculated - No trace of wear. Light blemishes. MS63 Choice Uncirculated - Some distracting contact marks or blemishes in prime focal areas. Impaired luster possible.

Liberty Head (With Motto) Eagle Specifications

Content: 90% gold 10% other Weight: 16.7 grams Diameter: 26.8 millimeters

Edge: Reeded Designer: Christian Gobrecht

Year/ Mint Mark	Circulation Strikes	Proof Strikes
1866	3,750	30
1866-S	11,500	0
1867	3,090	50
1867-S	9,000	0
1868	10,630	25
1868-S	13,500	0
1869	1,830	25
1869-S	6,430	0
1870	3,990	35
1870-S	8,000	0
1870-CC	5,908	0
1871	1,790	30
1871-S	16,500	0
1871-CC	8,085	0
1872	1,620	30
1872-S	17,300	0
1872-CC	4,600	0
1873	800	25
1873-S	12,000	0
1873-CC	4,543	0
1874	53,140	20
1874-S	10,000	0
1874-CC	16,767	0
1875	100	20
1875-CC	7,715	0
1876	657	45
1876-S	5,000	0
1876-CC	4,696	0
1877	797	20
1877-S	17,000	0
1877-CC	3,332	0
1878	73,780	20
1878-S	26,100	0
1878-CC	3,244	0
1879	384,740	30
1879-O	1,500	0
1879-S	224,000	0
1879-CC	1,762	0
1880	1,644,840	36
1880-O	9,200	0
1880-S	506,250	0
1880-CC	11,190	0
1881	3,877,220	40
1881-O	8,350	0
1881-S	970,000	0
1881-CC	24,015	0
1882	2,324,440	40
1882-O	10,820	0
1882-S	132,000	0
1882-CC	6,764	0
1883	208,700	40
1883-O	800	0
1883-S	38,000	0
1883-CC	12,000	0
1884	76,860	45
1884-S	124,250	0
1884-CC	9,925	0
1885	253,462	65
1885-S	228,000	0
1886	236,100	60
1886-S	826,000	0
1887	53,600	80
1887-S	817,000	0
1888	132,921	75
1888-O	21,335	0
1888-S	648,700	0
1889	4,440	45
1889-S	425,400	0
1890	57,980	63
1890-CC	17,500	0
1891	91,820	48
1891-CC	103,732	0
1892	797,480	72
1892-O	28,688	0
1892-S	115,500	0
1892-CC	40,000	0
1893	1,840,840	55
1893-O	17,000	0
1893-S	141,350	0
1893-CC	14,000	0
1894	2,470,735	43
1894-O	107,500	0
1894-S	25,000	0
1895	567,770	56
1895-O	98,000	0
1895-S	49,000	0
1896	76,270	78
1896-S	123,750	0
1897	1,000,090	69
1897-O	42,500	0
1897-S	234,750	0
1898	812,130	67
1898-S	473,600	0
1899	1,262,219	86
1899-O	37,047	0
1899-S	841,000	0
1900	293,840	120
1900-S	81,000	0
1901	1,718,740	85
1901-O	72,041	0
1901-S	2,812,750	0
1902	82,400	113
1902-S	469,500	0
1903	125,830	96
1903-O	112,771	0
1903-S	538,000	0
1904	161,930	108
1904-O	108,950	0
1905	200,992	86
1905-S	369,250	0
1906	165,420	77
1906-D	981,000	0
1906-O	86,895	0
1906-S	457,000	0
1907	1,203,899	74
1907-D	1,030,000	0
1907-S	210,500	0

Mint Mark Legend

Below the eagle on the reverse.

Mint Mark	Mint	Date of Operation
None	Philadelphia	1793-present
O	New Orleans, LA	1838-1861; 1879-1909
S	San Francisco, CA	1854-1955; 1968-present
CC	Carson City, NV	1870-1893
D	Denver, CO	1906-present

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