1857-S $20 MS(PCGS#8922)

June 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

184

等级

MS62

价格

28,073

详细说明

1857-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS). CAC. Highly desirable Mint State quality for this ever-popular issue among Type I Liberty Head double eagles. Vivid medium gold patina blends with frosty mint luster, both sides also revealing tinges of pale rose iridescence as the surfaces rotate under a light. Sharply struck, originally preserved and aesthetically appealing, this endearing coin should have no difficulty finding its way into an Uncirculated type or date set. The mintage of 970,500 pieces for the 1857-S represents a reduction of nearly 220,000 coins from the preceding year's tally. Face value for the issue is $19,410,000. Until the S.S. Central Americatreasure reached the marketplace, the 1857-S was considered a fairly rare item, especially so in Mint State. Indeed, prior to the advent of that treasure in the numismatic marketplace, many "name" collections featured only a VF or EF specimen. Since the S.S. Central Americatreasure brought more than 5,400 Mint State 1857-S double eagles into the collecting community -- including some fantastic Gems and Superb Gems -- this issue is now by far the most plentiful Type I Liberty Head double eagle in high grades. With warmer patina that tends more toward a honey-gold shade, however, the coin offered here has a different appearance than that of most S.S. Central America1857-S twenties, suggesting that it is one of the rare Mint State examples that entered numismatic circles during an earlier era. Sure to please, and worthy of the strongest bids. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection. PCGS# 8922. NGC ID: 2696. Click here for certification details from PCGS.