Lot 91
91
$20, 1856 AU-58 (PCGS). Lustrous and satiny honey gold with attractive olive highlights. Choice for the grade. Typically found in VF or EF, with AU specimens such as the present coin very scarce indeed. Struck from a slightly rotated reverse die, alignment about 200: (as opposed to the "normal" alignment of 180°).
Lustrous 1856 Double Eagle
$20, 1856 AU-58 (PCGS). Lustrous and satiny honey gold with attractive olive highlights. Choice for the grade. Typically found in VF or EF, with AU specimens such as the present coin very scarce indeed. Struck from a slightly rotated reverse die, alignment about 200: (as opposed to the "normal" alignment of 180°).

Details
$20, 1856 AU-58 (PCGS). Lustrous and satiny honey gold with attractive olive highlights. Choice for the grade. Typically found in VF or EF, with AU specimens such as the present coin very scarce indeed. Struck from a slightly rotated reverse die, alignment about 200: (as opposed to the "normal" alignment of 180°).
Further details
Tied with two others for finest of five examples from the S.S. Central America treasure certified by PCGS. Date logotype nicely impressed, numerals oddly spaced, 18 close, 85 farther apart, 56 farther yet, 1 equidistant, left edge of lower serif over center of dentil. Raised die lines can be seen protruding from the bottom edge of the neck truncation, and at various other places around Miss Liberty's portrait.