1854 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 757,899
Proofs: Unique?
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Stamp & Coin
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-53. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7422, "Small Date", not illustrated, sold
for $1,063.75
PCGS AU-53. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7831, "Small
Date", not illustrated, sold for $718.75
"About Uncirculated". Ex - Sotheby's / Stack's "The
'Dallas Bank' Collection" Auction, October 29-30, 2001, Lot 9,
illustrated
AU-50. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1368, not illustrated, sold for $575.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 806,
"Small Date", not illustrated, sold for $546.25 Purchased from Michael Brownlee, April 17,
1967
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated "Small Date" example graded by PCGS is a
single MS-64.
The finest circulation
strike "Large Date examples graded by PCGS are 6 AU-58's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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