1856 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS No: 8917
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 329,878
Proofs: Unknown
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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Recent appearances:
"About Uncirculated". Ex
- Sotheby's / Stack's "The 'Dallas Bank' Collection" Auction,
October 29-30, 2001, Lot 15, illustrated
ANACS Net EF-45, AU Details,
Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9187, not
plated, unsold
EF-40. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 813, illustrated, sold for $632.50
From Abe Kosoff's sale
of the Shuford Collection, May 1968, Lot 2432
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-63's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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