1894 $20 MS(PCGS#9025)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2220

Grade

MS63

Price

3,240

Lot Description

Originally preserved and featuring deep rose-gold color, this lovely example also offers sharp striking detail and bountiful mint luster. The mintage for this issue was 1,368,940 pieces, up more than one million coins over the previous year's mintage at the Philadelphia Mint. Most examples found their way overseas in banking and other transactions, and large numbers of 1894 double eagles have been repatriated in recent decades. We estimate some 15,000 to 25,000 Mint State examples of the date can be found today. However, most grade MS-60 to MS-62; premium Choice survivors, as offered here, are rare.