1868 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 8953, 9083
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 98,575
Proofs: 25
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:
AU-58. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia
2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5705, illustrated, sold
for $5,290.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 576,
illustrated, sold for $3,105.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 864, "Repunched
Date", illustrated, sold for $862.50 From Abe Kosoff's sale of the Shuford Collection, May
1968, Lot 2344
VF-35. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 865,
illustrated, sold for $552.00 Purchased
from Jack Klausen, June 19, 1968
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-62.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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