1890 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 9013, 9106
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 75,940
Proofs: 55
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:
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 934, illustrated, sold for $2,990.00
Purchased from Stanley
Kesselman, February 4, 1972
MS-61. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5719,
not illustrated, sold for $356.50
PCGS MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000,
Lot 1166, sold for $862.00
MS-60. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 914, sold for $747.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 5 MS-64's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-65's.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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