Lot 2632
1853 U.S. Assay Office $20 Gold, 900 THOUS. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck. Pop 42; 31 finer. Deep straw color luster and a satiny texture are just a few of the pleasing characteristics of this U.S. Assay issue. Assay $20 gold pieces became the hardest working gold coins in Gold Rush San Francisco. As such, they are only rarely found in Uncirculated grades even though quite a number were produced. These are, fortunately, the most readily affordable of all territorial gold coins in Mint condition. They were struck the year before the San Francisco Mint opened, and are, in some ways the predecessors of that famous Granite Lady mint's double eagle production.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 14,000.
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| Realized $9,200 |
