1877 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 8982, 9093
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 397,650
Proofs: 20
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:
PCGS MS-62. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7862, not illustrated, sold for $1,523.75
MS-62. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 910,
illustrated, sold for $1,725.00 From
Superior's sale of the Gilhousen Collection, February 1973, Lot 915
MS-61. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long
Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6062, not plated,
sold for
$460.00
Ex Americana Sale (Stack's, 1/00), lot 1902
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7461, not illustrated, not sold
Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1882, not plated, sold for $488.75
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 10 PR-64's.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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