1910'S' Brilliant Uncirculated or better with full lustre in the fields. The strike is average, with slight softness on Liberty's face and the eagle's breast, both of which are notoriously weak on most dates of this series. Scattered handling marks from long storage in a bag, with minor lustre breaks on the torch and knee, and these are expected even on higher grade examples, and were likely caused during storage and shipping. Although not rare, this is one of the scarcer dates. Considering the original reported mintage of 2,128,250 one would expect a considerable number to survive. It is apparent, however, that less than 10,000 examples have come down to us today. This reflects the efficiency of our government at finding and melting Double Eagles during the 1930's and turning them into gold bars for storage at Fort Knox. The present coin was perhaps one of those recovered from an original bag from Europe or South America long after the melting of gold coinage ceased.
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