1893-CC DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 9023
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 18,402
Proofs: 0
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "CC"
(for Carson City, Nevada) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Stamp and Coin
From Superior Stamp & Coin's "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, February 2000
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 14 MS-63's.
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Stack's - Henry S. Lang collection - Bowers and Merena Galleries
"The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 663, illustrated, sold
for $16,150.00
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7520, illustrated, sold for $4,830.00
MS-62. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2581 at $3,910.00
NGC AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 348, not
illustrated, sold for $1,552.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2582 at $603.75
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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