1855-S $20 MS(PCGS#8916)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6639

等级

MS60

价格

36,700

详细说明

1855-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-60 (PCGS). Splendid soft honey-gold surfaces are sharply struck, save for the 8 of the date, with a full endowment of frosty mint luster. Production of double eagles went into high gear at the San Francisco Mint in 1855 owing to the continuing influx of bullion from the region's gold fields. The 1855-S has a mintage more than six times that of the preceding freshman year, 1854, when the facility was getting started and gaining speed. Most of the 879,675 coins struck were used in commerce on the West Coast. Uncirculated examples were once major rarities, but of the 304 coins discovered as part of the S.S. Central Americatreasure, 63 have subsequently been certified as Mint State by the major grading services. A smaller number of Uncirculated coins entered the market during the early 1970s from a shipwreck found off the coast of Florida but, unlike the S.S. Central Americapieces, those examples have noticeably granular surfaces from shallow immersion in seawater. Thanks primarily to the S.S. Central America recovery, the 1855-S now has an extant population of 150 to 225 coins in Mint State. The present example has a markedly different appearance than the typical S.S. Central Americacoin, and it likely entered numismatic channels from another source, possibly as part of repatriations from a European or Central American bank. In any event, this is a fresh and original piece with much smoother surfaces than expected for the grade and superior eye appeal that is sure to impress. Worthy of the strongest bids. PCGS# 8916. NGC ID: 268X. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.