1865 $20 MS(PCGS#8943)

1865 $20 MS (PCGS#8943)

June 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: 1865 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Repunched Date. AU-55 (PCGS). Richly original surfaces are bathed in warm, even, honey-rose patina. Sharply defined with virtually full mint luster to both sides, the obverse also reveals modest semi-reflective tendencies in the fields as the coin dips into a light. While the scarcity of the 1865 double eagle in Mint State has been addressed in our offering of the PCGS MS-61 in the preceding lot, we stress that this issue is also among the more elusive in the Liberty Head series in circulated grades. Q. David Bowers (2004) provides an estimate of just 800 to 1,200 such pieces, most of which grade no finer than EF-45. An above average example at the Choice AU level, the coin offered here is also significant due to bold repunching to the digits 186 in the date. This variety is not listed in either the Cherrypickers' Guideby Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton or Walter Breen's Encyclopedia. A coin with tremendous appeal for both advanced double eagle collectors and gold variety enthusiasts. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection. PCGS# 8943. NGC ID: 269U. Click here for certification details from PCGS.