1889-S DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 9012
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 774,700
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-62. Ex- Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7,
2000, Lot 7896, not illustrated, sold for $603.75
NGC MS-62. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7895, not illustrated,
sold for $603.75
PCGS MS-62. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7894, not illustrated,
sold for $661.25
NGC MS-62. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9247, not
plated, sold for $563.50
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1403, not illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-61. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7893, not illustrated,
sold for $379.50
NGC MS-61. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7502, not illustrated, not sold
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7501,
not illustrated, not sold
VF/EF. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13,
2000, Lot 1773 @$322.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 4 MS-64's.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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