1871-S $20 MS(PCGS#8962)

December 2025 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part I

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

21032

Grade

AU50

Price

4,560

Lot Description

A pretty, fully original example with ample luster and an uncommon sharpness of detail for a lightly circulated Type II Liberty Head double eagle. The mintage for this popular San Francisco Mint issue is 928,000 pieces. Some small amount of this mintage later found its way into foreign banking transactions although the typical survivor, as here, is lightly to moderately worn from domestic circulation in the American West.