1853 "900" $20 U.S. Assay Office MS (PCGS#10013)
August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 7550
- 等级
- MS61
- 价格
- 80,805
- 详细说明
- 1853 United States Assay Office of Gold $20 Gold. K-18. Rarity-2. 900 THOUS. MS-61 (PCGS). Perhaps the most frequently encountered and readily obtainable of all California Gold Rush "territorial gold" issues, the United States Assay Office of Gold's 900 THOUS twenty-dollar issue of 1853 was produced to the extent of 2.5 million pieces. Mintage occurred from March to October 30 of that year and utilized at least 30 different dies (which were destroyed in the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906). Even despite the relatively large number of coins extant, the 1853 900 THOUS Assay Office $20 is still a scarce to rare issue in all Mint State grades. We offer here an appealing BU with softly frosted, yellow-gold surfaces. Both sides are also possessed of a sharp to full strike that even extends into the center on the obverse. Scattered grade defining abrasions include a couple of moderate size nicks in the right obverse field that we mention solely for accuracy.
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