1868-S $20 MS(PCGS#8954)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

競売業者

Stack's Bowers

ロット番号

1569

グレード

AU58

価格

3,360

ロット詳細

1868-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. AU-58 (PCGS). Straw-gold and pale honey-apricot patina blankets both sides of this lustrous and frosty near-Mint example. Consistent with other years during the 1860s, the production of double eagles at the San Francisco Mint was immense, dwarfing that of the Philadelphia facility. In 1868, some 837,500 examples were coined amounting to $16,750,000 in face value. Most of these entered into the channels of commerce along the Pacific Coast, where gold was used in day-to-day transactions as freely as paper money was used back East. Many others were likely shipped overseas and melted. With the typical coin repatriated from foreign bank hoards grading no finer than EF, Choice AUs are scarce in their own right and particularly desirable given the awesome rarity of Mint State survivors. An impressive coin that is sure to sell for a strong bid to an astute double eagle collector. PCGS# 8954. NGC ID: 26A4. Click here for certification details from PCGS.