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Mint State 1857 Double Eagle
Notable Quality
$20, 1857 MS-61 (PCGS). Lustrous rose gold with somewhat prooflike surfaces. A pleasing example of the date, especially within the context of the assigned grade.
Details
$20, 1857 MS-61 (PCGS). Lustrous rose gold with somewhat prooflike surfaces. A pleasing example of the date, especially within the context of the assigned grade.
This is the finer of two examples from the S.S. Central America treasure certified by PCGS. In the year minted this piece came to California, possibly as part of a commercial payment (for San Francisco merchants would not accept paper money from the East). Thus, the coin almost completed a round trip from the East to the West and back again. Transplanted to the West Coast, the coin was preserved for posterity and is here offered.
This is the finer of two examples from the S.S. Central America treasure certified by PCGS. In the year minted this piece came to California, possibly as part of a commercial payment (for San Francisco merchants would not accept paper money from the East). Thus, the coin almost completed a round trip from the East to the West and back again. Transplanted to the West Coast, the coin was preserved for posterity and is here offered.
Further details
Date logotype lightly impressed, numerals thin and shapely, top of 1 marginally closer to truncation than bottom is to dentils, left edge of lower serif over left side of dentil. Patches of die roughness can be seen in and among the letters of the reverse peripheral legend.