1852-O $20 MS(PCGS#8907)

March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4172

等级

AU58

价格

61,120

详细说明

A Second High Grade 1852-O Twenty 1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-58 (NGC). Handsome honey-rose surfaces retain ample evidence of a boldly executed strike. The New Orleans Mint was the only Southern mint to produce the double eagle, and only did so in modest quantities using gold provided from the vast California gold fields. 190,000 examples of the denomination were struck there in 1852, the second largest mintage for an O-Mint double eagle. These coins saw use throughout the South and the Atlantic Seaboard and seem to have only infrequently been shipped abroad in the course of international trade. While it is one of the most available of all the New Orleans double eagles, the 1852-O can still be a challenge for the discerning specialist. With most of the 400 to 600 coins believed extant in mid-level circulated states of preservation, and Mint State survivors exceedingly rare, this lovely Choice AU example is a significant offering. PCGS# 8907. NGC ID: 268L. Click here for certification details from NGC.