1885-S $20 MS(PCGS#9005)
1885-S $20 MS (PCGS#9005)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1398
- 等级
- MS64+
- 价格
- 74,274
- 详细说明
- Marvelous Near-Gem Mint State 1885-S $20 1885-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-64+ (PCGS). A noteworthy condition rarity among circulation strike 1880s double eagles. Beautiful rose-gold surfaces are originally and expertly preserved with eye appeal to spare. Lustrous and frosty, with a razor sharp strike throughout the design. The mintage for this issue is 683,500 coins. Similar to contemporary San Francisco Mint twenties most 1885-S examples promptly entered circulation; many others were shipped overseas, and still others were set aside for the backing of Gold Certificates. David W. Akers, writing in 1982, enumerated a few dozen Uncirculated examples that he found listed in a survey of major auction sales going back to the 1940s. By 2004, when Q. David Bowers penned his Guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins, the supply was estimated at between 2,000 and 4,000 examples, this being after significant quantities had been repatriated from foreign bank hoards. While plentiful in lower grades, the 1885-S remains rare at the Choice Mint State level, as here. This extraordinary near-Gem Fairmont specimen is sure to attract spirited bidding. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection - Rhone Set. PCGS Population: 14; 3 finer (all MS-65). PCGS# 9005. NGC ID: 26BP. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.