Values
A heraldic ten-dollar eagle is the second reverse of the first eagle type. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart leaves G, VF, and MS-63 blank. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not cover this piece. Do not paste an auction hammer into the grade columns.
If you have one and want to sell it, start with how to sell a coin collection. The small-eagle ten-dollar piece is the previous reverse. The eagle from 1838 is the revival.
Key Dates
1797 can be either reverse. This page is the shield. 1804 is the last year of this bust. There is no 1805–1837 eagle of this design.
Errors
Small eagle. No shield means the 1795–1797 page.
1804 dollar. The famous 1804 dollar is silver. It is not this gold eagle.
Liberty Head. A coronet and a later date are the 1838 page.
Compare the coin to the NGC Coin Explorer. We do not host their plates.
Varieties
This page is the heraldic eagle on the ten-dollar coin, 1797 through 1804. The small eagle is the other page. Date punches differ on some years. This page does not list every punch.
- 1798/7An overdate. Guides also split it by star arrangement, 9 by 4 and 7 by 6. This page does not print a count for either.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
Capped Bust right eagles, heraldic eagle, 1797–1804.
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: PCGS CoinFacts (2026-08-21). Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
The chart is empty on purpose. The eagle article does not print a year-by-year mintage table. A remembered count does not. The grade columns are empty because this site has no NGC guide extract for this coin.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance. The weight row is the 1792 standard for an eagle. No catalog page used here prints a thickness.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Not printed |
| Thickness | Not printed |
| Weight | 270 grains standard (Coinage Act of April 2, 1792) |
| Composition | 11/12 gold, 1/12 alloy (Coinage Act of April 2, 1792) |
| Edge | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Designer | Robert Scot |
No catalog page used for the heraldic-eagle Capped Bust eagle prints a thickness. Diameter and thickness stay Not printed. The weight is the 1792 eagle standard. The next eagle page starts in 1838.
Grading
A heraldic ten-dollar piece wears first on the cap and on the shield.
This type ends in 1804. The next eagle on this site is the 1838 coin.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Cap | The capped bust. | The cap separates this coin from the later Liberty head. |
| Shield | The heraldic eagle. | A small eagle in a wreath is the 1795–1797 page. |
| Date | 1797 through 1804. | A later date is not an early eagle. |
| Edge | The edge. | Leave lettering and reeding as struck. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
See graded photos. The photos that show what VF looks like live at PCGS. We do not host their plates. NGC Coin Explorer is another look if you want a second set.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a capped bust eagle heraldic if you already know the type.
- The cap and the shield are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this capped bust eagle heraldic are already slick.
- The cap and the shield are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A 1799 eagle is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- The cap and the shield are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from the cap and the shield.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- The cap and the shield are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. The cap and the shield still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on the cap and the shield. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular 1799 eagle is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on the cap and the shield.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on the cap and the shield.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on the cap and the shield.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on the cap and the shield.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean capped bust eagle heraldic for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on the cap and the shield.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
This page does not invent a PR price grid. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this gold coin. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
From 1797 to 1804 the ten-dollar coin keeps the capped bust facing right and changes the reverse to a heraldic eagle. Then the denomination goes quiet. The next eagle is not a capped head. It is the Liberty Head series of 1838, already on its own page.
The photograph is a 1797 eagle with the heraldic eagle, from the National Numismatic Collection.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
The heraldic reverse replaced the small eagle while ten-dollar coinage was still new. Exports and the Mint’s gold supply then made the eagle scarce in daily use, and coinage of the denomination stopped. The article records the design and the later fineness laws. It does not record a year ledger for this bust.
Design
Obverse: capped bust right. Reverse: heraldic eagle and shield. Ten dollars, not five. No mint mark.
People Also Ask
Why is the chart empty?
The eagle article does not print year counts for 1797–1804. This page will not borrow them from a price guide.
Did eagle coinage stop after this type?
Regular eagle coinage pauses after 1804 and returns in 1838 with a different portrait. That later coin is the eagle page already published.
Is there a capped head eagle?
Not as a type on this site. The ten-dollar coin goes from this heraldic bust to the long pause, then to the Liberty Head.
How much is a heraldic eagle worth?
This page does not print guide prices. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not include this coin. An auction result is not a guide cell.
Collector Considerations
A gap after 1804 is a gap in coinage, not a row of zeroes. A coin dated 1840 is the later eagle even if someone calls every ten-dollar piece an “eagle.”
A Final Word
The heraldic ten-dollar page ends in 1804, and the chart stays empty.
An auction story is not a mintage.