1889 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 9010, 9105
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 44,070
Proofs: 41
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
ex - Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-62. Ex - Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part
III", May 21, 2001, Lot 341, illustrated, sold for $805.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 2569 at $690.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 932, not
illustrated, sold for $575.00
From Superior's sale of the Gilhousen Collection, February 1973, Lot 942
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 7 MS-63's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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