1857-S $20 MS(PCGS#8922)

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

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

21017

Grade

AU53

Price

5,280

Lot Description

An ever-popular issue among Type I Liberty Head double eagles, this is a beautiful AU example with pinkish-rose iridescence to otherwise honey-orange surfaces. Minimally circulated with overall sharp detail and plenty of original mint luster remaining. The mintage of 970,500 pieces for the 1857-S represents a reduction of nearly 220,000 coins from the preceding year's tally. Until the S.S. <em>Central America</em> treasure reached the marketplace, the 1857-S was considered a fairly rare item. The offered example from the James A. Stack, Sr. Collection is not a shipwreck find, and such pieces remain scarce today.