1872-S $20 MS(PCGS#8965)

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

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

21034

Grade

AU50

Price

4,560

Lot Description

Lustrous AU preservation with hints of semi-reflectivity remaining in the protected areas around many of the design elements. Wisps of pale pink and olive enhance dominant honey-gold color. The mintage for the 1872-S double eagle amounted to 780,000 pieces, reduced by 148,000 coins from the 1871 total at the San Francisco Mint. As with many issues from the era, some portion found its way into overseas banking and bullion transactions, repatriations beginning in the 1950s accounting for most survivors in today's market, as here.