1884-CC $20 MS(PCGS#9001)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

8601

Grade

MS61

Price

8,100

Lot Description

A bright and flashy Uncirculated example with apricot-gold coloration and considerable satiny luster. Scattered marks are visible under a glass but none of these are distracting and the eye appeal remains strong for the assigned grade. Well struck and particularly smooth across the reverse. Only 81,139 double eagles were coined at the Carson City Mint in 1884 (equal to $1,622,780 in face value). Although most known examples are circulated, hundreds of Mint State coins also exist. Many were shipped overseas for payments that required gold. Q. David Bowers said that these first started to appear in returns from foreign bank holdings beginning around 1950. His <em>2004 Guide Book of Double Eagles</em>, published by Whitman, gave a high end estimate of 500 pieces for the Mint State population. This is a generous population by Carson City Mint double eagle standards, MS-60 and MS-61 coins such as this enjoying strong demand among mintmarked gold type collector as well as series specialists.