Auction Name: 2026 April 29 - May 2 CSNS US Coins Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 3193

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1804 $10 Crosslet 4, BD-1, High R.4, AU53 NGC. Bass-Dannreuther Die State b/b. The 1804 is the final date of the large-diameter ten dollar series. From a tiny business mintage of 3,757 pieces, only one variety is known, BD-1 with a Crosslet 4. A few Plain 4 1804 BD-2 novodel proofs were struck decades later, for inclusion in presentation sets to foreign leaders. BD-1 is very scarce, but within the reach of advanced early gold collectors. This example has semiprooflike olive-gold fields and orange-gold high points. Light roller marks (as made) cross the bust, but post-strike abrasions of any notice are confined to two thin marks between the ME in AMERICA.

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