1866 $20 Motto MS(PCGS#8949)

The January 2012 Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

10708

Grade

XF45

Price

2,082

Lot Description

1866 Liberty Double Eagle. Motto. EF-45 (PCGS). Warmly patinated honey-rose surfaces retain faint flickers of original luster in the more protected areas around the devices. Wispy handling marks are noted, but there are surprisingly few sizeable abrasions for a lightly circulated Type II twenty. Sharply struck for the type, as well, with minimal wear to the high points. The ever popular 1866 Motto is the first Philadelphia Mint double eagle of the Type II design, and it is a median rarity within this portion of the Liberty series.