A Tough CoinFacts GTG - 1909 $10 - Revealed in Comments!

FlyingAl

Best of luck!

Relaxn

65 or 58

gumby1234

67

blitzdude

65 RGDS!

alaura22

PR-66

logger7

Exceptional by any measure. Not a grade, but a GT price. My wild guess, $50K.

Smudge

PR66.

pcgscacgold

PR66

BigMoose

Roman Finish PR66

MS66

Intoxicating coin. The reverse in particular verges on surreal.

Catbert

I realize this is a trick challenge for which I’m inadequate to guess, but that is a stunning coin. I would LOVE to own it!

erwindoc

68

ricko

Looks like a 66 to me..... Nice gold coin... Cheers, RickO

marcmoish

65

Maywood

MS64 with exceptionally nice color.

Eldorado9

I want it! That's a gorgeous coin....I've gotta say, that the strike seems to be sooo good it has to be proof. PF-66+

privatecoin

Ms65

asheland

67. Beautiful!

MFeld

If, as some have guessed, the coin is a Proof, the color doesn't match that of a typical, original 1909 Satin Proof gold coin.

csdot

66.

Sure beats the example from my set. Happy to trade.

FlyingAl

I’ll reveal in a few hours.

A reminder, as the title states, that this is NOT my coin. The images are from CoinFacts and I have no idea who owns this piece.

Bigbuck1975

Schhhwwwiiinnnggggg!!!!

Absolutely gorgeous IMO

dcarr

PR66

sweetwilliet

Looks proof to me, too. I go PR66 like many others.

gumby1234

@FlyingAl a few hours is up. Let's have the reveal.

dunkleosteus430

Satin PR-66.

FlyingAl

@Catbert said:
I realize this is a trick challenge for which I’m inadequate to guess, but that is a stunning coin. I would LOVE to own it!

Well, @Catbert was right for a few guessers. This is a PR66.

For the record, I agree with @MFeld. I think the coin has been dipped, which results in a strange look when compared to other Satin proofs. This was the reason I picked this coin from CoinFacts to have a GTG done, it can really throw you - it doesn't look like your ordinary proof but it doesn't look MS either. I thought I would get one or two Cleaned guesses, but you guys didn't go for that bait.

Walkerlover

If l> @FlyingAl said:

@Catbert said:
I realize this is a trick challenge for which I’m inadequate to guess, but that is a stunning coin. I would LOVE to own it!

Well, @Catbert was right for a few guessers. This is a PR66.

For the record, I agree with @MFeld. I think the coin has been dipped, which results in a strange look when compared to other Satin proofs. This was the reason I picked this coin from CoinFacts to have a GTG done, it can really throw you - it doesn't look like your ordinary proof but it doesn't look MS either. I thought I would get one or two Cleaned guesses, but you guys didn't go for that bait.

I am no expert in coins but the coin looked too well struck to be just minstate so I thought had to be either proof or an exceptional first strike off the dies

alaura22

The color looks fine to me, here's one from PCGS website:

alaura22

Might be the same coin...............

Martin

It is the same coin

alaura22

I knew that............

FlyingAl

Here are two that I would call "normal", at least more so than the OP coin. Note the textured fields and how they are very similar to one another.

MFeld

@alaura22 said:
The color looks fine to me, here's one from PCGS website:

I saw that one, too. However, I’ve viewed many 1909 and 1910 Satin proofs of the different denominations, in hand and that is most assuredly, not the normal color for an original example. The 1909 and 1910 Proofs have a very distinct appearance and are usually more yellow-gold in hue, as opposed to the orange-gold seen in those images. I’m not saying the coin’s not original. Perhaps the color in the image is off or the coin’s color is an exception.

This is closer to the typical color:

Edited to add: I checked out on-line images of a number of different examples and see that many of them appear to be more orange in hue than they usually appear in hand.

lilolme

@MFeld said:
Perhaps the color in the image is off or the coin’s color is an exception.

Edited to add: I checked out on-line images of a number of different examples and see that many of them appear to be more orange in hue than they usually appear in hand.

Yes on the image color from photos online. Here is the Legend sale photo of the OP coin. They only had a obverse photo and the TV with both.
https://legendauctions.hibid.com/lot/86327941/-10-1909-pcgs-pr66-cac/

logger7

It sold for nearly double the PCGS price guide at nearly $200K.

Eldorado9

Now I really want one.

coinpalice

i like the holder too

7Jaguars

Regardless of the color, a great coin. Most of us peons have to make do with lesser bits, although still very nice. My uncle passed away and left me a couple of gold coins with one being a currency 1909 $10 that I had slabbed; not to derail the topic but this date when graded 61, 62 or even 63 can be quite ugly in presentation so was happy that mine was alright.

alaura22

@coinpalice said:
i like the holder too

I'll take the coin, you can have the holder LOL