August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Phenomenal Condition Rarity 1899 Double Eagle
Just One Finer at PCGS
1899 Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-65+ (PCGS). CAC.
This is a breathtakingly beautiful Gem 1899 double eagle whose expertly preserved surfaces border on pristine. Bathed in a bold blend of rose-gold color and frosty mint luster, both sides are silky smooth in texture. Fully struck, as well, and sure to please even the most discerning collector. The double eagle presses in Philadelphia turned out 1,669,300 circulation strikes in 1899, nearly 1.5 million more than in the previous year. Much of the mintage was used in overseas business and banking transactions. By this time paper money was used domestically in preference to gold coins except in certain areas of the West. With 25,000 to 45,000 or more uncirculated examples available to today's collectors the 1899 is obviously a plentiful issue, especially in the MS-60 to MS-63 grade range. Much of the known Mint State population has returned to the United States in the past several decades. As an upper end Gem, the coin offered here ranks among the finest certified and is undeniably rare from a condition standpoint.
PCGS# 9035. NGC ID: 26CM.
PCGS Population: 10; with a single MS-66 finer. CAC Stickered Population: 13; 0. The former total includes coins certified both MS-65 and MS-65+.
From our sale of the Fairmont Collection, Spring 2019 Baltimore Auction, March, lot 2187.
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| Price realized | 16'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 10'000 USD |
