1860 $20 MS(PCGS#8929)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2171

等级

AU55

价格

22,691

详细说明

This richly original example exhibits handsome color on lustrous, satin to softly frosted surfaces. Boldly defined and worthy of serious bidder consideration. The Philadelphia Mint produced 577,670 circulation strikes of this denomination in 1860. Q. David Bowers estimated a Mint State population of 40 to 60 different pieces when he wrote his 2004 <em>Guide Book of Double Eagles</em> published by Whitman. Since then the recovered treasure from the <em>S.S. Republic</em> shipwreck has yielded about 150 more coins, and a few additional pieces seem to have come to light as part of repatriations from foreign bank hoards. Even so, Choice AU and higher condition coins of this issue remain scarce to the demand that such pieces receive among today's advanced gold collectors.