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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7547965, member: 101855"]It good that you are going for the No Motto type. Most collectors ignore those. </p><p><br /></p><p>Believe it or not, the $10 Liberty series, especially the No Motto type dates, are very scarce in high high. Back in 1976, the Eliasberg collection of U.S. coins was on display at the Philadelphia Mint. I was surprised to see that very few of his older $10 Liberty were Mint State. In fact many of them were VF and EF. </p><p><br /></p><p>Later I learned that those coins were seldom collected in the 19th century because of their high face value. For many people that was more than a week's wages. Therefore most of the survivors are "used."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7547965, member: 101855"]It good that you are going for the No Motto type. Most collectors ignore those. Believe it or not, the $10 Liberty series, especially the No Motto type dates, are very scarce in high high. Back in 1976, the Eliasberg collection of U.S. coins was on display at the Philadelphia Mint. I was surprised to see that very few of his older $10 Liberty were Mint State. In fact many of them were VF and EF. Later I learned that those coins were seldom collected in the 19th century because of their high face value. For many people that was more than a week's wages. Therefore most of the survivors are "used."[/QUOTE]
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