1872 $20 MS(PCGS#8963)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

6404

Erhaltungsgrad

MS61

Preis

5.520

Losbeschreibung

The 1872 double eagle has a mintage of 251,850 circulation strikes, a good portion of which was sent overseas at a later time. Many high grade EF and AU pieces, along with some Mint State coins, found their way back to America beginning with the efforts of Paul Wittlin and James F. Kelly in the 1950s. These repatriated coins account for many of the examples in numismatic hands. Mint State survivors are in the minority, with perhaps just 80 to 120 pieces extant. Most of the Uncirculated coins encountered are at the lower end of the Mint State spectrum, generally MS-60 or MS-61, as here. The present example ranks among the finer that we have ever handled at the assigned grade level. Double eagle enthusiasts will surely recognize the significant opportunity afforded by this offering.