1864 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 8941, 9076
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 204,235
Proofs: 50
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 Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
Ex - Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
ANACS AU-50. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7846, not illustrated, sold for $1,161.50 Ex: Harry W. Bass
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
846, illustrated, sold for $1,610.00 From Stack's sale of December 1970, Lot 422
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 847,
illustrated, sold for $1,265.00 Purchased
from Julian Leidman, May 30, 1972
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS is a single MS-62.
The finest Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 6 PR-64's.
The finest Proof Deep
Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-64.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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