1865 $20 J-453, BN PR(PCGS#60640)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

3453

Grade

PR66BN

Prix

18 000

Description du lot

<strong>Obv:</strong> The same design that the Mint used to strike regular issue 1865 double eagles. <strong>Rev:</strong> The Motto type as adopted for regular issue double eagle production in 1866. Lively olive-brown patina with satiny motifs and mirrored fields that display bright rose and crimson iridescence when presented in a bold light source. The <em>uspatterns.com</em> website describes this type as:<p><em>The so-called transitional double eagle with 'IN GOD WE TRUST' on the reverse. This reverse was adopted in 1866. These are believed to have been struck in 1865 although they may also have been restruck in the early 1870s. The first appearance of this design was in the April 1870 auction by John Haseltine of coins from the Idler Collection. Idler is famous today as one of the collectors with 'connections' at the Mint.</em><p>The present specimen features a bold obverse die crack from the rim at 6:30 upward to the left of the digit 1 in the date and into the tip of Liberty's bust. The cited website mentions a few of these, including a gold specimen, with the die crack. A rare type, one of perhaps 20 or so extant in copper, and one that would make an outstanding addition to a specialized pattern collection or advanced Liberty Head double eagle collection.