1864-S $20 MS(PCGS#8942)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

6663

Erhaltungsgrad

MS61

Preis

7.800

Losbeschreibung

1864-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-61 (NGC). With exceptional technical quality and remarkable eye appeal, this Mint State 1864-S is sure to find its way into an advanced gold collection. Both sides are satiny and the strike is sharp to full throughout the design. The surfaces are quite smooth for the assigned grade level and display warm, even, straw-golden patina. In decades past, the 1864-S was widely regarded as one of the rarest Type I double eagles from the San Francisco Mint in Uncirculated condition. In the 1990s, however, Deep Sea Research Inc.'s salvage of the S.S. Brother Jonathan treasure recovered 1,207 coins. Most of those pieces were 1865-S double eagles, with only 108 examples of the 1864-S. What's more, just a few dozen or so of the 1864-S twenties from that find are Mint State, so while this issue is no longer the major condition rarity that it once was, it is still anything but common in high grades. PCGS# 8942. NGC ID: 269T. Click here for certification details from NGC.