1795 Capped Bust Right Eagle. BD-1, Taraszka-1. Rarity-3+. 13 Leaves. AU-53 (NGC).

Our multiple offerings for such examples in this sale notwithstanding, high grade survivors of this historic first year $10 eagle are very scarce in an absolute sense and rare relative to market demand. This NGC-certified example delivers dominant color in honey-olive with enhancing blushes of pinkish-rose at the borders and outlining many of the design elements. The strike is ideally centered and well executed for the type, a bit of softness to the high points largely the result of light rub that helps to explain the AU-53 grade. Wispy hairlines are noted for accuracy, as is a faint scuff on Liberty's cheek, but there are no other individually mentionable marks, and the surfaces retain traces of original mint frost. A visually pleasing coin eagerly awaiting inclusion in an advanced cabinet. BD Die State a/a.

PCGS# 8551. NGC ID: 25ZU.

From the Dr. William M. Aden Collection.