Lot 1372
1904 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Old green holder. Lovely rich golden tonig on both sides. A beautiful, frosty-gold Gem, there are no unsettling bagmarks on either side. No more, no less, just as fully struck, as attractive, as you could ask for in a 1904 Liberty twenty, with complete detail in the stars, hair, and throughout the eagle (PCGS # 9045) .
Film buffs will recognize 1904 as the year in which Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery (the first well-known American film with a story line) was released to exhibitors. The 14-minute, single-reel film was also featured at the opening of the first modern movie theater the next year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Porter, working in the Edison laboratory, discovered the principle of editing. By piecing together films from the stockroom he made The Life of an American Fireman, which was released in 1903 to a limited audience.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300.
The Mark Gordon Collection.
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