Photo Denom Date Grade TPG Variety GFRC Rating Price Description Buy
Seated 10C 1863S Seated 10C 1863-S
 MS64
 PCGS
21861241 		F-101
 Gem SOLD
$37500 		Claims to Finest Known, Gem Original, Gerry Fortin Collection, Ex. Frog Run, Lovejoy, Reed Hawn.. Yet another Civil War San Francisco survivor with potential claims to "finest known" given its CAC Gold approval at the near-gem level. The alternative is the Simpson/BigMo specimen that currently resides in the D.L.Hansen Collection. This exceptional gem ranks in the top three Fortin favorites along with the 1845-O Pittman example, and of course the crusty original 1874-CC. A silky, satiny specimen with intense cartwheel luster that radiates beneath faint sky blue, gold, and rose iridescence. The strike, featuring a fully defined upper obverse, is truly atypical as this date is notorious for weak strikes. The reverse is also deeply impressed. F-101 from a lone die pair and mintage of 157,500. The CAC price guide lists $39,500 as MS65 fair value, a full grade point higher and consistent with the Gold bean approval. .American Numismatic Rarities, December 2004 Frog Run Farm Sale, Baltimore MD, Lot #599. Ex. Allan Lovejoy, Reed Hawn. Housed in PCGS Gen 4.2 (2004-2005) holder with CAC approval. PCGS #4638. December 1969