10 Dollars, Clark, Gruber & Co., United States, 1861
date: label: Date made
content: 1861
name: label: mint
content: Clark, Gruber & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1861
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty facing left, wearing a coronet. Stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 1861 / PIKES PEAK
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with shield clutching arrows and olive branch.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: CLARK GRUBER & CO / DENVER / TEN D.
label: Description
content: In 1858, a gold rush was triggered by finds along the South Platte River, in Colorado. To fulfill local demand, a firm named Clark, Gruber & Co. began private coinage of gold shortly thereafter. This ten dollar coin from 1861 is minted in conscious imitation of official US coinage. Clark, Gruber & Co.’s facilities would eventually become the basis for the Denver branch mint.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Colorado
label: place of issue
content: United States: Colorado
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.01096
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.01096
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 00084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 mm; x 1 1/16 in