Interesting items

American Gold $10

From 1838 to 1907 the United State of America produced a $10 gold coins designed by Christian Gobrecht. Inspired by the portrait of Venus in Benjamin West’s Painting Omnia Vincit Amor. It features a bust of Liberty facing left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. Her hair is knotted in the back with hanging curls. Thirteen stars encircle the bust, (There were only thirteen states part of the United States at that time) with the date positioned below.

In the fall of 1839, Gobrecht reworked the bust and centered it over the date.

The reverse depicts an eagle holding an olive branch and arrows, surrounded by the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and TEN D. Mint marks are below the eagle.

In 1866 the moto “IN GOD WE TRUST” was added to the reverse over the eagle.

From 1866 through 1869, only Philadelphia (no mintmark) and the San Francisco (S) branch struck this new design. Production began at Carson City, Nevada (CC), in 1870 and continued through 1893. New Orleans (O) coins appeared in 1879, and the new Denver (D) facility began mintage in 1906. Mint marks are found on the reverse, below the eagle.
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In 1907, the Coronet Head design was replaced by the Teddy Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens created Indian Head motif. It would be minted until the end of U.S. gold coinage in 1933.

We value this coin at $975.

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