1892 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 9019, 9108
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,430
Proofs: 93
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 Proof-64. Ex - Bowers
and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27,
2000, Lot 2577 at $25,300.00
PCGS MS-61. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7900, illustrated, sold for $5,462.50 From the Violet Bancroft Collection
NGC AU-55. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7513, illustrated, sold for $2,995.75 From
the Dr. Barry Southerland Collection
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
The finest Proof Deep
Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-66's.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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