1878 $20 MS(PCGS#8985)
1878 $20 MS (PCGS#8985)
February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2197
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 34,909
- 详细说明
- A fully struck, highly lustrous double eagle whose golden-apricot surfaces are exceptionally well preserved for this issue. It is frosty in finish, impressively smooth, and will surely sell for a nice premium. The mintage for the circulation strike 1878 double eagle is 543,625 pieces, and portions of the mintage were used in international trade, repatriations in recent decades accounting for many of the 700 to 900 or more Mint State examples that we believe can be traced today. Most of these grade MS-60 to MS-62, yet even they represent a marked increase in quality over the VF and EF examples that were used to represent the 1878 in most "old time" collections. With superior technical quality and strong visual appeal at the assigned grade, this scarce MS-62 example from the remarkable Fairmont holdings is sure to catch the eye of an advanced double eagle enthusiast.