1854 $20 Large Date MS(PCGS#98911)
1854 $20 Large Date MS (PCGS#98911)
Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3366
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 59,982
- 详细说明
- A significant offering for advanced double eagle enthusiasts, this is a condition rarity example of the elusive 1854 Large Date double eagle. Aesthetically pleasing, both sides are bathed in a warm, deep honey-orange color and retain plenty of soft mint luster. Sharply to fully struck throughout.<p>Circulation strike double eagle production at the Philadelphia Mint amounted to 757,899 coins in 1854, a total that was split between Small Date and Large Date varieties. The latter is by far the rarer date style of the issue, and it likely amounts to no more than 10% of the coins extant. According to Q. David Bowers (2004) only three to five Mint State examples are known, and he describes the 1854 Large Date as "by [far] the rarest Philadelphia Mint double eagle minted up to this point in time." While the number of Uncirculated and Choice AU coins has crept up slightly over the last couple of decades, the variety remains a formidable condition rarity at these levels. We anticipate strong bidder competition when this NGC AU-58 crosses our auctioneer's block.