1887-S DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 9007
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 283,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
(for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-60. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7493, not illustrated, not sold
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1771, sold for $391.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2567, sold for $368.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7492,
not illustrated, sold for $385.25
Very Fine. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1362, not plated, sold for $287.50
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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