1891-S $20 MS(PCGS#9018)

1891-S $20 MS (PCGS#9018)

June 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: Premium Choice Uncirculated 1891-S Double Eagle Just One Example Finer 1891-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-64+ (PCGS). CAC. Enchanting rose-orange surfaces are sharply struck with a full quota of frosty mint luster. Mintage for the 1891-S double eagle amounted to 1,288,125 pieces, up more than 485,000 coins from the preceding year's tally at the West Coast mint. Face value was $25,762,500. We estimate that 6,000 to 8,000 or even more Mint State coins are extant, most of those in the MS-60 to 62 grade range, but with enough forays into MS-63 or marginally finer to go around. As with so many issues in the Liberty Head double eagle series, the 1891-S is rare in the finest Mint State grades, the present example ranking among the finest certified available to today's advanced collectors. If you had been collecting double eagles 60 years ago a Mint State 1891-S would have been a scarcity if not a rarity. Today we are so fortunate to have many double eagles available in Uncirculated preservation. The same can be said for Morgan and Peace dollars -- due to hoards they are much easier to collect now than they were two or three generations ago. This situation has propelled silver dollars and double eagles to high positions on the popularity charts. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection. PCGS Population: just 6; with a single MS-65 finer. PCGS# 9018. NGC ID: 26C4. Click here for certification details from PCGS.