1852 $20 MS(PCGS#8906)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

競売業者

Stack's Bowers

ロット番号

2161

グレード

AU58

価格

4,800

ロット詳細

Beautiful honey-orange color blends with satiny mint luster on both sides of this lightly circulated double eagle. A sharply struck, wonderfully original example worthy of a premium bid. The mintage for the circulation strike 1852 double eagle is 2,053,026 pieces, reflecting the huge influx of gold from the California gold fields that was shipped to the Northeast. Most 1852 double eagles remained in the United States and were used in domestic commerce, though many were sent overseas years later, by which time the coins had already acquired considerable wear. Today's research suggests that fewer than 150, if not 125 different examples of this otherwise relatively common issue can be accounted for in Mint State, with most of the known survivors at the lower end of the grading scale. In relatively smooth Choice AU, the Fairmont specimen offered here represents a desirable alternative for the astute double eagle enthusiast.