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1857-S $20 Spiked Shield MS65 PCGS

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1857-S $20 Spiked Shield MS65 PCGS
<B>1857-S $20 Spiked Shield MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Variety 20A. SSCA 0361. Peach toning graces the borders, and visits the fields and devices. Highly lustrous and exactingly struck. The reverse is gorgeously preserved, and the obverse has only faint distributed marks. The <I>S.S. Central America </B></I>sank on September 12, 1857, and its bounty of double eagles rested on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean until the wreck was located in 1988 by the Columbus-America Discovery Group. Included with the lot is an olive-green box, a faux book, and a certificate of authenticity signed by expedition leader Tommy Thompson. Encapsulated in a gold label PCGS holder.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)