Lot 76
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$20, 1850 AU-58 (PCGS). A bright and lustrous specimen of the first date of the double eagle. The quality is such that many might call the present piece full Mint State. Lovely olive iridescence graces the satiny surfaces.
$20, 1850 AU-58 (PCGS). A bright and lustrous specimen of the first date of the double eagle. The quality is such that many might call the present piece full Mint State. Lovely olive iridescence graces the satiny surfaces.

Details
$20, 1850 AU-58 (PCGS). A bright and lustrous specimen of the first date of the double eagle. The quality is such that many might call the present piece full Mint State. Lovely olive iridescence graces the satiny surfaces.
Further details
This is the single finest example among 26 from the S.S. Central America treasure graded by PCGS. Date logotype lightly impressed, 5 "open" as a result, 1 slightly farther from truncation than from dentils, left edge of lower serif over left side of dentil. A fairly heavy reverse die crack unites the bottoms of TWENTY D. and the pellet following while another crack juts to the rim below the E in TWENTY, touching the dentils below the W of that word. The crack then continues and unites the tops of UNITED STATES. The crossbar of the A in STATES is broken at its center. Die roughness fills the first A and the E AND R OF AMERICA.