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ANA Signature US Coin Sale 1258 2-6 Aug 2017
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1800 $10 BD-1, High R.3, XF45 PCGS. Bass-Dannreuther Die State c/e. Later state of obverse with heavy crack linking the BER of LIBERTY and extensions to either side, as well as crumbling of rim denticles at star 11. The semireflective character of the remaining luster, its yellow-gold uncommonly bright for a centuries-old coin, suggests recently lapped dies, and the cracking at the tailfeathers on the reverse reemphasizes the lateness of the die state. Only one 1800-dated obverse was used to strike eagle or ten-dollar gold coins, and the obverse was used only in conjunction with a reverse held over from 1799, but based on die-state evidence, this coin was struck after the coins from the 1801 BD-1 die pair. In the austere early years of the U.S. Mint, the date of an obverse die was less important than whether it could still be used.
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2013), lot 7305.
HID02901242017
1800 $10 BD-1, High R.3, XF45 PCGS. Bass-Dannreuther Die State c/e. Later state of obverse with heavy crack linking the BER of LIBERTY and extensions to either side, as well as crumbling of rim denticles at star 11. The semireflective character of the remaining luster, its yellow-gold uncommonly bright for a centuries-old coin, suggests recently lapped dies, and the cracking at the tailfeathers on the reverse reemphasizes the lateness of the die state. Only one 1800-dated obverse was used to strike eagle or ten-dollar gold coins, and the obverse was used only in conjunction with a reverse held over from 1799, but based on die-state evidence, this coin was struck after the coins from the 1801 BD-1 die pair. In the austere early years of the U.S. Mint, the date of an obverse die was less important than whether it could still be used.
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2013), lot 7305.
HID02901242017