Lot 1618
1877-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded EF-40. Untoned. A new design for double eagles debuted in 1877 that included several notable changes: on the obverse, a trimmer portrait of Liberty is more nearly centered within the diameter of the coin, leaving a bit more distance between her neck truncation and the date; on the reverse the scrolls surrounding the eagle have been widened, causing the curves to nearly touch the letters in the newly expanded TWENTY DOLLARS. Double eagle mintage fell nearly 70% from the previous year's total when yields from the Comstock mines got progressively smaller and percentages of the gold ore that was being deposited at the two Western mints switched in favor of San Francisco (PCGS # 8983) .
Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800.
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| Realized $1,955 |
