1877 $20 MS(PCGS#8982)
1877 $20 MS (PCGS#8982)
February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2194
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 34,909
- 详细说明
- Sharply to fully struck overall, this vivid medium gold example shows fully lustrous surfaces. The texture is impressively smooth for both the issue and the assigned grade. The Philadelphia Mint's output of double eagles in 1877 amounted to 397,650 circulation strikes, down considerably from the previous year. Portions of this mintage were used in overseas banking transactions, mostly shipped starting in 1879. We estimate a Mint State population for the issue of 750 to 1,000 or so pieces, most of which grade MS-60 or MS-61. Given that prior to World War II most double eagle collections contained a circulated example of the issue, the opportunity to acquire this premium quality PCGS MS-62 from the remarkable Fairmont Collection deserves serious consideration.