August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Vividly Lustrous 1884 Carson City $20
1884-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-62 (NGC).
With full mint luster, crisp striking detail and vivid color, there is much to recommend this piece to advanced collectors, be they specialists in double eagles or Carson City Mint coinage. Satin to softly frosted in texture and bathed in light golden-orange, the surfaces present as uncommonly smooth for the assigned grade during in hand appreciation. Only 81,139 double eagles were coined at the Carson City Mint in 1884. Although most known examples are circulated, hundreds of Mint State coins also exist. Many were shipped overseas for payments that required gold. Q. David Bowers said that these first started to appear in returns from foreign bank holdings beginning around 1950. His 2004 Guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins gave a high end estimate of 500 pieces for the Mint State population. Recently (2020), however, Carson City Mint expert Rusty Goe put forth a more conservative estimate of 330 to 370 Mint State survivors. While both ranges constitute a generous population by Carson City Mint double eagle standards, the popularity of both the Liberty Head series and this fabled frontier era coinage facility with specialized collectors means that demand for examples such as this far outstrips supply.
PCGS# 9001. NGC ID: 26BK.
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| Price realized | -- |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 10'000 USD |
