1863 Ten Dollar ($10), Judd-349, Pollock-421

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1863 Ten Dollar ($10), Judd-349, Pollock-421

1863 Ten Dollar ($10), Judd-349, Pollock-421 on eBay

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The obverse die was the regular proof die of 1863, while the reverse of J-349 features the motto "GOD OUR TRUST" in a ribbon in the field above the eagle. The edge is reeded.

This pattern eagle was struck in gold by George Eckfeldt on August 2, 1863, and was delivered to the Chief Coiner Lewis R. Broomall. From Broomall, this coin went into the Colonel Mendes I. Cohen Collection, which was sold by Edward Cogan in October 1875, Lot 1339 for $17. The exceedingly rare coin was sold over the years to the Heman Ely Collection, W. Elliot Woodward, T. Harrison Garrett Collection, Robert Garrett Collection, John Work Garrett Collection, and at one time was donated to Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins sold this coin in Bowers & Ruddy's March 1980 auction, where it appeared as Lot 1088 and sold for $57,500. It later appeared in Superior's January 1988 sale of the A. Bernard Shore Collection, Lot 4286, where it sold for $150,000. Sometime later it was purchased by the same collector who owned the J-452. About a decade ago, the family of that collector reached out to Sperber, and she arranged the sale to Bob R. Simpson, where it has remained in the Bob R. Simpson Collection ever since. This will be the first time in over 34 years that the coin will be available at auction. PCGS values the treasure at $1,250,000, but since the characteristics allow it to be positively identified as the only example known to survive this museum-caliber rarity could easily be exceeded at auction.

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1863 Ten Dollar ($10), Judd-349, Pollock-421 Pattern Coins on eBay

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