1889-CC DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 9011
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 30,945
Proofs: 0
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "CC"
(for Carson City, Nevada) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Significant examples:
"MS-64". Ex - Auctions by
Bowers and Merena, Inc.'s sale of the Stetson University collection, May
1993, Lot 2278 - Henry S. Lang collection - Bowers and Merena Galleries
"The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 659, illustrated, sold
for $17,250.00. This piece was once graded PCGS MS-63.
Recent appearances:
ICG MS-61. Ex - Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot
1402, illustrated, not sold
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 2570 at $1,035.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9245,
plated, sold for $1,840.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2571 at $805.00
ANACS EF-45. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9244, not
plated, unsold
VF-25. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 1165 at
$644.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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