1851-O $20 MS(PCGS#8905)

October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

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Stack's Bowers

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1425

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XF40

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3,120

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1851-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. EF-40 (NGC). An evenly patinated pale honey example with uncommonly smooth surfaces for a lightly circulated, early date Liberty Head twenty. After a modest mintage of 141,000 pieces in 1850, the New Orleans Mint increased double eagle output to 315,000 coins in 1851. Clearly more gold from California reached the Crescent City in the latter year, the 1851-O actually boasting the highest mintage among New Orleans Mint double eagles. Perhaps not surprisingly, this is the most frequently encountered double eagle in numismatic circles. Survivors are scarce in an absolute sense, however, and particularly relative to those of many Philadelphia Mint issues of the era such as the 1851, 1852 and 1853. Fewer than 750 coins are believed extant, most of which are in circulated grades through Choice EF, as here. PCGS# 8905. NGC ID: 268J. Click here for certification details from NGC.