The Philadelphia Mint produced 1,262,219 ten-dollar gold eagles for commercial use in 1899. Mint State survivors abound in numismatic circles, the issue clearly seeing extensive use in export trade. Due also to the high quality of production noted for most examples, the 1899 is a popular issue among collectors seeking a single coin to represent the Liberty Head with Motto eagle type of 1866 to 1907. Even Gems in MS-65 are plentiful by ten-dollar gold standards, although in higher grades the conditionally rare nature of this issue comes readily to the fore.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2015 Chicago ANA Auction, where it realized $88,125.