Skip to main content
Go to accessibility options
LOT #3802  | 
Sold on Jul 7, 2016 for: Sign-in or Join (free & quick)

1869-S 10C F-101, R.3, MS66+ NGC....

Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Sold on Jul 7, 2016 for:
$4,230.00 Bid Source: Internet bidder
Get one of these:
Share this lot
Track Item Printable Auction Results

Sell One of These

Description

1869-S Dime, MS66+
Extremely Rare Finer

1869-S 10C F-101, R.3, MS66+ NGC. Fortin-101, with a partial first S in STATES and a Small Thin S mintmark. Medium tan-gold and chestnut toning graces this satiny and sharply struck Gem. Beautifully preserved despite minor contact between AM in AMERICA. Difficult to find in such exemplary condition. A generous mintage of 450,000 coins accounts for frequent descriptions of the 1869-S as being "easy" to locate. However, proclamations of the sort can be misleading, as even Gene Gardner had trouble procuring an example that met his strict criteria. The issue is rated R.5 in Mint State.

At the time of the Gardner IV Auction last year, Gene commented: "The first S is STATES is awkwardly connected with its upper tip, confirming the variety. This issue is supposedly the easiest to locate of the San Francisco dates from the 1860s, yet finding a coin in top-notch Gem condition certainly proved challenging."
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2007), lot 2580; Eugene H. Gardner, Part IV (Heritage, 10/2015), lot 98271.

Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 538246, Base PCGS# 4650, Greysheet# 330049)

Weight: 2.49 grams

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

View Certification Details from NGC

Auction Info

2016 July 7 - 10 Summer FUN US Coins Signature Auction - Orlando Summer FUN #1237 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
July, 2016
7th-10th Thursday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 7
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 536

Buyer's Premium per Lot:
17.5% of the successful bid per lot.

Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Sales Tax information  | NGC Coin Grading Guarantee

Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More

Terms and Conditions  |  Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments |  Glossary of Terms  | US & World Coin Grading Tutorial

Sold on Jul 7, 2016 for: $4,230.00
Track Item