1860-S $20 MS(PCGS#8931)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3372

Grade

MS61

Price

8,400

Lot Description

Vivid orange and golden-apricot surfaces offer strong eye appeal. Bountiful mint luster throughout, both sides are also boldly struck with minimal abrasions for the assigned grade level. Federal records indicate that 544,950 double eagles were coined in the San Francisco Mint during 1860, these having a face value of $10,899,000. In 1982, David W. Akers found a scant five offerings of examples listed as Mint State in a survey of more than 400 major auction sales. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth, in their <em>Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins: 1795-1933</em> (2008), noted:<p><em>This issue is very rare in Mint State. Only about two dozen Uncirculated coins are known, including examples found on the wrecks of the S.S. </em>Brother Jonathan<em> and S.S. </em>Republic<em>.</em><p>The offered coin is sure to see spirited bidding among astute double eagle enthusiasts.