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1857-S $20 PCGS/CAC MS65 (20B, Bold S) ex: S.S. Central America Shipwreck * Gold Foil *

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Item sold in auction: Internet Auction # 745.
Closed On: Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:36 PM.
For: $14,500.

1857-S $20 PCGS/CAC MS65 (20B, Bold S) ex: S.S. Central America Shipwreck * Gold Foil *

DLRC #: 378667 // PCGS #: 8922

Superb gem CAC approved shipwreck double eagle. These are getting increasingly hard to locate and this coin is a monster! It does not include the original marketing box and papers.

  • Category Gold Coinage
  • Series $20 Liberty Gold
  • Type Liberty head
  • Years for Type 1849-1907
  • Strike Business
  • Denomination Double Eagle
  • Mint Location San Francisco
  • Designer James B. Longacre
  • Composition 90% gold; 10% copper
  • Weight 33.436g
  • Edge Type Reeded
  • Mintage 970,500
Title Price Realized Date Sold
1857-S $20 PCGS/CAC MS65 ex: S.S. Central America-Foil Label (20B, Bold S) $11,000.00 10/04/2010
1857-S $20 NGC MS65 ex: SS Central America $10,000.00 05/17/2010
1857-S $20 NGC MS65 $10,000.00 05/22/2006
1857-S $20 PCGS MS65 $9,600.00 11/07/2005
1857-S $20 NGC MS66 (Central America) $16,957.00 09/27/2010