Lot 4755
1850 $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Mostly untoned. A scarce first year of issue date in this grade. The 1850 double eagle is readily available in circulated grades with occasional AU offered on the market. The issue seems to have circulated widely. In any Mint State grade the 1850 has always been in great demand as the first year of issue. A few dozen Mint State pieces are known, that is all.
Nothing sways us from proclaiming that this handsome specimen is much freer of handling marks than others; typically satiny with pinpoint details on both sides, it is a real "looker" and one its new owner will want to brag about to friends for years to come. Both sides developed warm yellow-gold color in its passage through time, with a subtle overlay frostiness in the head of Liberty (particularly the hair) and in the central motif on the reverse. The eagle's neck and the left wing are perhaps the only parts of the design where sharpness fails to occur. Buy it for the look of it, you cannot go wrong. Pop 30; 13 finer, 10 in 63, 1 in 64, 2 in 65 (PCGS # 8902) .
Estimated Value $21,000 - 23,000.
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