Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

$20 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3095		1850 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck, frosty, and light even toning. A popular type. The Double Eagle, whose net gold content is 0.9675 of an ounce, actually weighs more than an ounce, because the coin has some copper alloy to toughen it for circulation. At the time these were current (1850-1933) the gold "standard" equated to $20.67 per ounce. The 1850 double eagle is readily available in circulated grades, typically Very Fine or Extremely Fine, with occasional About Uncirculated examples making their way to the market. Both the 1850 and 1850-O seem to have circulated widely. In any grade the 1850 has always been in great demand as the first year of issue. A few dozen Mint State pieces are known: Pop 32; 8 finer, 7 in 63, 1 in 64 (PCGS # 8902) . In 1848 the discovery of gold in California turned the American economy on its ear. Suddenly, vast quantities of gold were available to be quickly converted into money. Although the $10 gold piece was perfectly suited for the job, the Treasury took the opportunity to create a new denomination called a double eagle, worth twice the face value of the $10 eagle." The design for the series was by James B. Longacre. Approximately 1.1 million were produced at Philadelphia in 1850. Very few were saved in Mint condition at the time. Estimated Value $22,000 - 24,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $34,500
Lot 3096		1850 $20 Liberty. NGC graded EF-45. Always in demand as the first collectible double eagle. Lightly toned with the normal allotment of marks for the grade (PCGS # 8902) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 3097		1855-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. 14B Faint S. Some light obverse marks. A nice untoned coin. While Mint State examples are occasionally available through the near-Choice level, they can be expensive, are not unsurprisingly elusive and for the most part aren't all that attractive anyway due to heavy bagmarking. This is a nice frosty, nearly Uncirculated coin, an affordable AU58, whose surface luster is indicative of an even higher grade. Pop 35; 47 finer (PCGS # 8916) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 3098		1856-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Well struck with lovely golden toning. In a new secure plus holder. The reverse looks like a gem thus our PQ designation. A simply gorgeous coin that shows strong luster and very clean surfaces barring a few light hairlines. There are one or two small nicks in the reverse field, but this one is truly a memorable coin for so modest a grade as MS62. Something that any collector would be proud to own. Pop 18; 13 finer, 8 in 63, 3 in 64, 2 in 65 (PCGS # 8919) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,488
Lot 3099		1857 from the S.S. Republic. NGC graded AU-58. Well struck and frosty, untoned. Pop 11; 7 finer, 1 in 60, 4 in 61, 2 in 62. Housed in a plush mahogany and brass hinged custom case with booklet and a certificate of authenticity as marketed by Odyssey Marine Exploration. This shipwreck contained coins from a variety of Mints (unlike some one-mint-only discoveries). P- and S-mint coins were dredged up from the bottom of the sea with the discovery of the S.S. Republic. The S.S. Republic was a sidewheel steamship, originally named Tennessee (also named USS Mobile for a time), launched in 1853 and lost in a hurricane off the coast of Georgia in October 1865, en route to New Orleans. In 2003, the wreck was located 100 mile off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and artifacts including many recovered gold coins are on display in selected museums and in coin collections. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. S.S. Republic. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,830
Lot 3100		1857-S. 20-A Spiked Shield. From the S.S. Central America. PCGS graded MS-65. A magnificent example! Boldly struck and intensely lustrous with near immaculate surfaces throughout. Bright yellow gold surrounded by a ring of orange color hues further adding to its appeal. In a special PCGS gold foil tag holder and all housed in a custom Treasure Box as produced by the California Gold Marketing Group. S.S. Central America, sometimes called the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the Eastern Seabord of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the S.S. George Law. The ship sank in a hurricane in September 1857, along with 400 passengers and crew and 30,000 pounds of gold, in the form of bars and struck coins. The wreck was a contributing cause to the worldwide Panic of 1857. Estimated Value $9,000 - 9,500. S.S. Central America #0861. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3101		1857-S from the S.S. Republic. NGC graded AU-58. Well struck and quite lustrous, untoned. Pop 32; 5 finer, 3 in 60, 1 in 61, 1 in 62 by NGC Housed in a plush mahogany case with brass hinges and a booklet as marketed by Odyssey Marine Exploration. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. S.S. Republic. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,600
Lot 3102		1859-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. Nice original toning with a few light surface marks and some on Liberty. A pleasing No Motto Double Eagle this is, and one whose lustrous surfaces exhibit mingled medium reddish gold to light golden color. Well struck too, and fully so, since the stars show their full radials, which merits mention here. Desirable Type 1 issue from the San Francisco Mint. There is every reason to believe this coin was struck from bullion deposits brought in directly from California's gold rush fields (PCGS # 8928) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 3103		1866-S $20 Liberty. With motto. VF-25. Interesting obverse die crack behind Liberty's head; all, nicely toned. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,553
Lot 3104		1873 $20 Liberty. Open 3. PCGS graded MS-60. Frosty and untoned. Bagmarks noted on the devices and in the fields, though consistent with MS60 quality. Frosty and lustrous. Housed in an Old Green Holder (PCGS # 8967) . Estimated Value $1,450 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,581
Lot 3105		1873 $20 Liberty. Open 3. NGC graded MS-60. Frosty and untoned; heavily bagmarked (PCGS # 8967) . Estimated Value $1,450 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 3106		1873-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Attractive original toning. An splendid original coin. And a marvel of well struck workmanship exhibiting lustrous frosty mint surfaces with occasional light wear on it from the short time in circulation. Only 22,410 were struck. To put this coin in its proper perspective, it is a boldly struck example of the early and rare Carson City Mint issue of 1873, a coin that exhibits original patina and has rolling original surfaces from edge to edge. The few blemishes are limited to scattered marks, none unnerving. $20 gold pieces weren't collected by numismatists in those days. Instead, they were used in bullion transactions between banks and exporters/importers, also for payment of goods and services rendered or due. For some inexplicable reason, this attractive coin survived in About Uncirculated condition, choice and uncleaned. How and why are best left to those who can read Tea Leaves. Everybody with a numismatic background knows how difficult this date is to obtain. 1873-CC is a very rare year for any coin denomination from Carson City. Collectors universally avow its importance. But what do we know about the year itself? Without some historical point of reference, what is this, after all, but simply another rare coin? Yet the '73-CC is a lot more than that. In 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant was in his final term as President, a hard Panic in the summer and fall of 1873 upset the applecart. The 1870s were a decade of rogues called Carpetbaggers. Railroad tycoons were picking the pockets of the unsuspecting taxpayers. President Grant probably had the cancer which would end his life in 1885 -- one of the ravages of the war he had helped the Union to win. For numismatists today, of course, this important year signaled the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, in which hard-money gold currency advocates convinced the Congress to demonetize silver. Out West, which concerns us most here, new railroads were snaking across the landscape. The year before (1872) a deadly plague had attacked horses, killing or sickening millions of them (the now-forgotten Great Epizootic of 1872). The invention of barbed wire was still a year off (1874) while the Indian Wars occupied the energies of William Tecumseh Sherman, late of the U.S. Army, an Indian hater to the last drop, who would soon engender blowback on the Army in the personage of a remarkable Native American commander calling himself Crazy Horse (1876). Verily, 1873 was a busy year! To paraphrase a line from Indiana Jones: this 1873-CC double eagle isn't just passing through history, it IS history! Pop 78; 109 finer (PCGS # 8968) . Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3107		1873-S $20 Liberty. Open 3. NGC graded AU-58. A nice frosty coin (PCGS # 8979) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,220
Lot 3108		1875-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ. Housed in a First Generation Holder. Lovely golden toning. A nice frosty example. Although the 1875-CC is the most easily obtainable Carson City double eagle struck in the Type Two series, this applies mainly to circulated grades. In Mint condition, however, infrequent encounters are the norm. The mint luster is bright with some cartwheel effects still evident, while the surfaces display vibrant golden tints overlaid by some pale golden-orange hues. Sharply struck throughout. Very few abrasions occur; there are so few of them on the obverse that this side is especially beautiful. For its part, the reverse has a few random bagmarks on the shield and around TWENTY, but all in all the surface compares favorably with a coin in higher grade. An obvious opportunity for Double Eagle collectors, but an equally important occasion for a collector assembling a special-order Type set. The reverse of this example has a small, bold mintmark starting over the right serif of N, and without any of the usual intermittent cracks in the legends (PCGS # 8974) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 3109		1875-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62 CAC Approved. Well struck with uniform golden toning. A Premium Quality coin whose surface condition, barring one mark on the face and another at the T(W) on the reverse, is -- let's not beat around the busy -- quite spectacular. More often than not, Type 2 Double Eagles attract a lot of bagmarks; this one offers the prospective buyer aesthetic appeal above and beyond the call of duty for Mint State 62. Pop 101; 16 finer (PCGS # 8975) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,635
Lot 3110		1875-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. A lustrous and nicely preserved '75-S that has hues of beautiful pinkish gold color. The strike is normal for the issue with the usual heavy metal flows on both sides and only marginal weakness at some obverse stars. The revere is very bold. Pop 264; 117 finer (PCGS # 8975) . Estimated Value $2,100 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 3111		1876 $20 Liberty. Improperly cleaned. Well struck with golden colors that include some rose-gold tints. A small mark near the fourth star is the only reference point we feel needs mentioning. Surface still lustrous throughout despite the light cleaning (PCGS # 8976) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 3112		1876-CC $20 Liberty. ANACS graded EF-40. Lightly toned with semi-reflective fields. There is a scratch between the 5th and 6th stars (PCGS # 8977) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. Ex: Superior September 26-28 1993 The Worrell Collection Lot 1782. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 3113		1877-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Very frosty with light golden toning. This year introduced the Type 3 format with a modified Liberty head, more centrally positioned and the reverse heavily modified. For the first time, the denomination is spelled in its entirety TWENTY DOLLARS. Pop 212; 24 finer, 21 in 63, 2 in 64, 1 in 65 (PCGS # 8984) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 3114		1879-S $20 Liberty. VF-20. Toned. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,351
Lot 3115		1882 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. In an older blue holder. Only 571 pieces minted for circulation. Key date. Lovely golden toning. Semi-prooflike and immediately identifiable as a rare circulation strike by the presence of incomplete feathers below the top of the edge of the right side of the shield (the result of die polishing); Proofs of this year have full feathers in this area. The usual scattered abrasions are noted on the surfaces but none of these are deep or terribly detracting. There are probably no more than six to eight AU 1882 double eagles known and this piece is certainly among the choicest of these. A solid Condition Census coin that should be the object of serious bidding. As mentioned already, only 571 circulation strike 1882 double eagles were produced. With an estimated surviving population of 15-20 pieces in all grades, this is one of the Big Five Liberty Head Double Eagles, along with the 1854-O, 1856-O, 1870-CC, and the 1886. The true rarity of the 1882 can best be expressed by the fact that Harry Bass, the ultimate gold coin collector of the modern era, had just one circulation strike of this date in his collection and it showed signs of tooling on the face of Liberty (which still didn't keep it from realizing $19,500 almost 30 years ago!). There are very few auction records for this date and only random third-party graded examples finer than EF45 has been sold at auction in the past ten years. We suspect that more than one advanced numismatist among Liberty Double Eagle specialists will have a strategy -- and buying price -- figured out well in advance of the bidding. Pop 2; 5 finer, 2 in 58, 1 in 60, 2 in 61 (PCGS # 8996) . Estimated Value $70,000 - 80,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3116		1884 $20 Liberty. NGC graded Proof 64 Cameo. Lovely golden toning on both sides. Only 71 minted in this proof only year. An issue that needs no prologue for gold specialists, the 1884 was struck solely in Proof. The official figures of 71 coins, which is fewer than those of the Proof-only 1883 and 1887 deliveries makes this the rarest issue of this trio, but just how rare has been heatedly discussed within the rare coin community for years. Breen believed 16 to 20 1884 $20s were extant and this figure was quoted for many years since his opinion held sway for much of the last third of the 20th century. Since Breen's encyclopedia, however, Fuljenz & Winter propose a range of 15 and 17 coins in their 2000 book Type Three Double Eagles 1877-1907: A Numismatic History and Analysis. More old school still, David W. Akers believed only 13 to 15 were known, and observed that "as a date, the 1884 is the second rarest in the entire Liberty head double eagle series after the excessively rare 1861 Paquet." There can be little argument that the present specimen represents a numismatic milestone of undeniable importance. The fields on this piece have the delicate orange-peel surface reminiscent of many 19th century Proof gold pieces. Brightly sparkling with mirror-finish and intensity, the depth of reflectivity corresponds to the assigned grade. Further, the surfaces are also free of most hairlines and lint marks; there are no overt marks on either side which is a side-blessing for the connoisseur of rare dates. Contrasting the mirror fields, the design motifs are cameo frosted, thus heightening the effect of the device's relief. An outstanding rarity as presented here, a coin in impeccable condition that is among the finest reported. Aficionados of the series may wish to stretch a little in order to obtain this prime rarity. Pop 5; 2 finer (PCGS # 89100) . Estimated Value $100,000 - 110,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3117		1887 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded Proof 53. Well struck with traces of mirror surface within the protected areas. Original "skin" with lovely golden-orange overtones. We note a couple of light milling marks scattered about but none too serious. Only 121 proofs struck for this Proof-only date. One of the major rarities in the Liberty Head Double Eagle series. The Proof-only 1887 is one among several noteworthy dates in the Liberty double eagle series. The original production of so few Proofs cements its place in the register of rare dates, of course. To which we add, its low ratio of surviving specimens points to either great attrition or insufficient sales at the time of issue (often, any overage is melted). Having that in mind, the residual mirror field of this specimen has the requisite mirrored undulation of a Proof $20 from this decade. It does display a fair number of small abrasions in the fields and on the central devices from its days in commerce, but these are on the whole within the parameters of the assigned grade. Anyone attempting to complete a date set of double eagle, or the even more demanding complete date and mintmark set, finds that the 1887 is one of the main difficulties to completing such a set. Pop 1 with only 12 examples graded for this date. (PCGS # 9103) . Estimated Value $25,000 - 30,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $42,550
Lot 3118		1888-S $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-61. Frosty and mostly untoned. Has some marks above the eagle and on the shield, etc. Still lustrous and well struck. A date from the 1880s (PCGS # 9009) . For trivia buffs, 1888 was the year George Eastman, 34, of Rochester, N.Y., introduced the first simple, inexpensive camera, the Kodak. With the slogan "You push the button; we do the rest," Eastman took photography out of the professional studio and placed it in the hands of the public. For $25 the would-be photographer received a rectangular box camera with focus and shutter speed factory-set and already loaded with film. The early models contained no viewfinder. After snapping all the exposures, the consumer shipped the whole camera off to the Kodak laboratory, where for $10 the pictures were developed and returned with the camera, again preloaded. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 3119		1888-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9009) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 3120		1890-S $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-60. A hint of light tone (PCGS # 9015) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3121		1891-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. Frosty and light golden toning (PCGS # 9018) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 3122		1894 $20. MS-61. Frosty. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. The Estate of Winthrop A. Haviland, Jr. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,610
Lot 3123		1896-S $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-63. Bold strike with light golden toning, choice and lustrous. Some 1890s double eagles are found with weak design features; conversely, this lovely 1896-S earns a splendid title to being called razor-sharp (PCGS # 9030) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 3124		1898 $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. A frosty coin. 170,395 struck. Scarce in this lustrous condition; there is a small bagmark at the lips but in general the surface is quite lustrous and amply supplied with cartwheel spin on both sides. Pop 172; 21 finer in 64 (PCGS # 9033) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,255
Lot 3125		1898-S $20 Liberty. ANACS graded AU-58. Light golden toning with reflective surfaces; a small area of roughness around IN GOD WE TRUST on the reverse (PCGS # 9034) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 3126		1900 $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-64. Very frosty. Various circumstances contribute to this coin's attraction, including first-class luster for MS64, sharp devices, and limited bagmarks. There is a small toned area on the reverse at E PLURIBUS (PCGS # 9037) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 3127		1900 $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 9037) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 3128		1900 $20. AU-55. Some obverse marks. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,495
Lot 3129		1900-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Light golden toning. Very close to Mint State. This warmly colored example displays beams of golden metallic detail in virtually all areas (PCGS # 9038) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 3130		1900-S $20 Liberty. VF-25. Lightly toned. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 3131		1901 $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Well struck with nice golden orange toning. This year produced a low mintage date at Philadelphia with only 111,430 struck. Choice, bold, alluring (PCGS # 9039) . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,400. Ex: Superior September 26-28 1993 The Worrell Collection Lot 1816. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 3132		1902 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice original gold toning. 31,140 pieces struck of this desirable low-mintage date. Choice frosty luster. Pop 153; 73 finer (PCGS # 9041) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 3133		1903 $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-62. A nice untoned coin (PCGS # 9043) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,409
Lot 3134		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65+. Rich golden toning. Could grade MS66 on the right day. In a new secure plus holder. A satiny gleaming gem with resilient underlying radiance and faint toning highlights supporting the full cartwheel luster. From center to periphery, the coin is admirably well struck with just outstanding detail at the main devices as well as the stars (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,910
Lot 3135		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65+. Lovely even golden toning. A nice coin. In a new secure plus holder. Wonderful lustrous surfaces are flourishing with rich gold and creamy smooth brilliance. Ideally struck for the date, meaning bold, with all reverse details present, and not the slightest diminution in the brilliance. Fully struck coins of this date are the most desirable (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,939
Lot 3136		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65+. Nice even gold toning. In a new secure plus holder. A gleaming gem of the highest quality for this popularly collected date, the perfect on to use in a U.S. Gold Type Set. Full cartwheel luster blends smoothly with pale orange-golden highlights on the frosted surfaces. Deficiency isn't in the cards either when it comes to this coin's detail, in fact, outstanding is the word to describe the striking detail. A one hundred per cent gem! (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,939
Lot 3137		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65+. Rich toning. In a new secure plus holder. A hard to believe array of luster supports bright vibrant golden highlights. Nicely struck with the design comparable to the best preserved specimens of this date. First-rate Gem (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 3138		1904 $20 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-65. Well struck with even light golden toning. A gorgeous Gem quality coin. Indeed, a brilliant and extremely lustrous coin whose main boast is that it has superlative fields and devices. All minute detail fully evident on this 1904 Liberty twenty. The luster soars (some might say almost to excess). Furthermore, Liberty's hair, carefully coiffed and arranged, appears in sharp relief on the main design, while her face is devoid of the usual bagmarks and other small indignities which seem attracted to the wide open area the way a housefly is attracted to an open door in the summertime (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 3139		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64+. Lightly toned. In a new secure plus holder. Other than for a few tiny contact marks on the cheek, clean as a whistle, as one would look forward to from the grade; however, what really makes this break free from others is its cartwheel luster that rolls around each side (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 3140		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64+. Nice orange toning. In a new secure plus holder. This is a dazzling specimen wth burning-gold mint bloom, powerfully struck and preserved without minimal surface contact. Various circumstances contributed to the poorness of the strike on some dates in the 1880s and 1890s, but once the 20th century rolled around, Liberty Double Eagles became expertly made and sharp on both sides when they left the Mint and entered the banking system. This is a perfect example of boldness in a 1904 $20 (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 3141		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64+. Nice golden toning. In a new secure plus holder. This example, illustrative of the high-end MS64 quality seen in its grade class, has iridescent gold surfaces and no problems (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 3142		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64+. Evenly toned. In a new secure plus holder. Crisp lustrous color and undisturbed mint luster that is original as well as radiant (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 3143		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64+. Nicely toned and very choice. In a new secure plus holder. A nice radiant tint tantalizes the eye from this lustrous piece, a Double Eagle whose mint glow goes round and round (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 3144		1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64+. Even gold toning. In a new secure plus holder. A radiant example, fully struck with gleaming color that rises and falls in an almost rhythmic display. Sharply struck on obverse and reverse (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415

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