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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
Ex - Trompeter collection.
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7508, illustrated, not sold From the Dr. Barry
Southerland Collection
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 935,
illustrated, sold for $24,725.00 Purchased
from Stanley Kesselman, November 15, 1968
Notes:
The finest circulation strike examples graded by PCGS are 7 AU-58's.
Proof 1891 Double Eagles were sold by the Mint as part of four-piece Gold
Proof Sets and/or they were available individually for $20.25 each! The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS
are 2 PR-66's.
The finest Proof Deep
Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-63
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"An Index of the Coins
& Medals of The Cabinet of the Mint of the United States at
Philadelphia" by R.A. McClure, Curator, 1891
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