1856 $20 MS(PCGS#8917)
1856 $20 MS (PCGS#8917)
August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1564
- 等级
- AU53
- 价格
- 21,675
- 详细说明
- 1856 Liberty Head Double Eagle. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC. Lovely olive-khaki patina blankets both sides, the surfaces also revealing tinges of iridescent pinkish-rose as the coin dips into a light. Boldly to sharply defined overall with an uncommonly smooth appearance in hand given the assigned grade. The mintage for the 1856 is 329,878 circulation strikes, down nearly 40,000 pieces from the previous year's figure. The face value of Philadelphia Mint double eagles struck that year is $6,597,560. The 1856 is considered by many to be a common date, no doubt because of the size of the mintages that occurred in Philadelphia at the beginning of the series. With regard to higher grades nothing could be further from the truth. This date has long been respected by specialists in the denomination as one of the more challenging Philadelphia Mint issues of the 1850s, especially in attractive high grade condition, as here. Of the perhaps 500 to 700 circulated examples extant, most grade VF to EF, this handsome AU among the finest that we have offered in recent sales. PCGS# 8917. NGC ID: 268Y. Click here for certification details from PCGS.