1881-S DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 8995
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 727,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
(for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-62. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7873, not illustrated, sold for $4,312.50
PCGS MS-60. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
917, illustrated, sold for $1,437.50 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, June 6, 1972
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 918, not
illustrated, sold for $460.00 Purchased
from Robert Roth, December 2, 1969
PCGS AU-58. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7872, not illustrated,
sold for $517.50
Choice About
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1887, not plated, sold for $345.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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