August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
1899 Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-64+ (PCGS). CAC.
This fully struck, highly lustrous example is awash in a lovely blend of yellow-gold patina and frosty mint luster. 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. Face value amounted to $33,386,000. 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 a superior quality and solidly graded near-Gem, the coin offered here will please the discerning collector.
PCGS# 9035. NGC ID: 26CM.
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| Price realized | 3'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 3'400 USD |
