1853/'2' $20 MS(PCGS#8909)

August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2411

等级

AU55

价格

50,821

详细说明

1853/'2' Liberty Head Double Eagle. FS-301. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC. This is a wholly original example with blended pinkish-rose highlights to dominant khaki-gold patina. Boldly to sharp defined throughout, plenty of softly frosted luster also remains in the absence of all but trivial wear. An intriguing variety by any measure, the 1853/'2' double eagle has both fascinated and perplexed numismatists for years. The variety was discovered around 1959 and was popularized by Walter Breen who later carried it as an overdate in his Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins. The variety is listed as a clear overdate in Bill Fivaz's and J.T. Stanton's Cherrypicker's Guideand has been considered the only overdate in the entire Liberty Head double eagle series. Other scholars, however, are not so certain of its status as an overdate since the artifact within the 3 does not closely resemble that of a 2. Only the one obverse die is known for the 1853/'2' variety, which is also distinguished in its later die states by a distinctive die chip under the right foot of the letter R in LIBERTY (which is noted as die rust in some references) as well as a repaired crossbar in the letter A in STATES. This variety is typically encountered in lower grades, with AU examples remarkably scarce. The very finest known examples grade just MS-61 or MS-62, emphasizing the importance of the present Choice AU example to advanced collectors of Liberty Head gold. PCGS Population: 26; 37 finer, just 11 of which are Mint State (MS-61 finest). PCGS# 8909. NGC ID: 268M. Click here for certification details from PCGS.