Rare Mint State The 1860-S Type One Liberty double eagle claims a mintage of 544,950 pieces, a substantial production total in absolute terms, but slightly smaller than average for a San Francisco issue from this period. The coins were released into the channels of commerce, where they circulated heavily for many years, suffering the usual…
The California economy suffered from an acute shortage of coinage after the United States Assay Office closed in late 1853, until the San Francisco Mint began coinage operations on a large scale in 1854. Even after the Mint was officially established, shortages sometimes limited production, putting extreme pressure on the small supply of coinage available…
The combined NGC/PCGS Ms61 population for this date – approximately 1200 pieces – compares extremely favorably with that of the common date 1904 issue. The latter’s combined NGC/PCGS population numbers a “somewhat higher” population in excess of 43,000! Listed at $1,880 in the CDN CPG and $2,280 in the NGC price guide. We have twelve…
The 1865 Liberty twenty claims a nominal mintage of 351,175 pieces. Before the era of recent shipwreck finds, the 1865 double eagle was seldom encountered above the VF-XF grade level. Fortunately, 320 examples of the 1865 were recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Republic. Most of the recovered coins were in higher AU- Mint state…
Despite the reported mintage of more than 2 million pieces, the 1906-S Liberty double eagle is a prime condition rarity once it gets to the MS65 grade level. And if you want an MS65 instead of one of these, be prepared to pay in excess of $20,000 for it. Listed at $4,000 in the CDN…
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