Lot 70
70
$10, 1854-S AU-58 (PCGS). Medium yellow gold with coppery highlights. Full lustre and very pleasing. Although a fairly plentiful issue in lower grades, the 1854-S eagle is very rare in full Mint State or close to it. Very popular as the first eagle issue of the nascent San Francisco Mint. This specimen is especially attractive and evocative.
Popular 1854-S Eagle Inaugural 'S' Issue Rare so Fine
$10, 1854-S AU-58 (PCGS). Medium yellow gold with coppery highlights. Full lustre and very pleasing. Although a fairly plentiful issue in lower grades, the 1854-S eagle is very rare in full Mint State or close to it. Very popular as the first eagle issue of the nascent San Francisco Mint. This specimen is especially attractive and evocative.

Details
$10, 1854-S AU-58 (PCGS). Medium yellow gold with coppery highlights. Full lustre and very pleasing. Although a fairly plentiful issue in lower grades, the 1854-S eagle is very rare in full Mint State or close to it. Very popular as the first eagle issue of the nascent San Francisco Mint. This specimen is especially attractive and evocative.
Further details
This is the single finest example among 10 from the S.S. Central America treasure graded by PCGS. Near rim below date, the serif of an almost entirely effaced digit (a 1 in all likelihood) is plain. Crack through M in AMERICA does not reach wing. Mintmark above gap between N and D.