1872 $20 MS(PCGS#8963)

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

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

21033

Grade

AU55+

Price

4,560

Lot Description

This lustrous and smartly impressed example would do nicely in an advanced double eagle set comprised predominantly of AU coins. 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 examples account for many of the examples in numismatic hands.