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1863 Eagle, XF45
Second Rarest P-Mint After the 1875

1863 $10 XF45 PCGS. All of the Civil War-era Liberty Head eagles are scarce (with the exception of the 1861), but the 1863 is a key in this subset. In fact, it is among the rarest of all Liberty Head gold coins from the Philadelphia mint. Only 1,248 pieces were struck and an estimated 30 to 40 examples are known. The finest is the superb Bass IV coin, lot 683 (ex: Mid-American, 8/1991) that brought $52,900 in its last appearance (an amazing bargain), after Harry Bass paid $104,500 for it in 1991. Today, this coin is owned by DL Hansen. There is a second Uncirculated piece, graded NGC MS62, from the shipwreck of the S.S. Republic that is in the Tyrant Collection.

Interestingly, this date was almost never available in the earlier part of the 2010s but it became slightly more available as the decade came to a close; likely because prices shot up for the 1863 eagle and previous owners took advantage of the new levels. From 2016 to 2018, five 1863 tens crossed the auction block (including one net-graded coin sold in April 2016) with just a single coin grading higher than XF45.

While the Jacobson coin is "only" an XF45, it is a pleasing, wholesome piece that represents the best available quality for this date south of $50,000. Only light wear shows on the devices and the pleasing orange-gold surfaces are lightly abraded, aside from a few marks on Liberty's cheek.
Ex: ANA Auction (Stack's Bowers, 8/2016), lot 3344, where it sold for $35,250.
From The Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr. Collection of Liberty Eagles. (Registry values: N4719)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 264B, PCGS# 8637, Greysheet# 9384)

Weight: 16.72 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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