1870-S $20 MS(PCGS#8959)
1870-S $20 MS (PCGS#8959)
Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6402
- 等级
- MS61
- 价格
- 47,129
- 详细说明
- A notable condition rarity for the issue that exhibits richly original surfaces. Free of significant marks, a bold to sharp strike and pretty color enhance this coin's appeal. The mintage for this issue is a generous 982,000 pieces and likely, many were sent overseas later in the decade, accounting for most of those surviving today. We estimate that upward of 300 Mint State examples are extant, and these are eagerly sought by advanced collectors specializing in high grade Liberty Head gold coinage. Most numismatists will have to settle for a heavily marked coin in MS-60 or MS-61, for the 1870-S is conditionally rare beginning at the MS-62 level. The present offering is far superior for the assigned grade and represents a bidding opportunity that is not to be missed.