1898-S $20 MS(PCGS#9034)

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

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

21044

Grade

MS64+

Price

8,400

Lot Description

Endearing golden-wheat surfaces are sharply struck, highly lustrous, and uncommonly well preserved. The San Francisco Mint produced 2,575,175 double eagles in 1898, up more than 1.1 million pieces over the previous year's production at the West Coast facility. Much of this coinage found its way overseas in banking and business transactions. We estimate as many as 30,000 to 50,000 or more Mint State examples exist of this plentiful issue, many of which are from European bank hoards that came to light over the last several decades. This is a truly delightful coin, scarce at the MS-64+ grade level relative to market demand, and worthy of strong bids.