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1887 $20 Liberty PCGS Proof 60

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1887 $20 Liberty PCGS Proof 60
<b>1887 &#36;20 Liberty. PCGS graded Proof 60.</b> Jaw-dropping rarity, here, since there were no circulation strike 1887 twenties issued. Each side has a warm-toned yellow-gold fields that surround the frosted devices. Struck with almost scientific precision on the stars, hair waves, coronet beads, and throughout the eagle with its fancy ornamentation. The usual surface abrasions and small hairlines for the grade; this piece wasn&#39;t cared for with quite the kid-gloves treatment that it should have been or may indeed have slipped into actual circulation for a time before being retrieved. For identifying purposes there is some scuffing in the field between the chin and stars 1-3; also a small hairline from the point of the coronet to a star above. PCGS holder #60105149.

Nevertheless, one of only 121 1887 double eagles made &#40;exclusively Proofs&#41;, with the following numbers struck quarterly: 26, 28, 10, and 57. Some 25 of the first quarter delivery were intended for the sets assembled in March. They were, however, struck in January. In all, very few examples have been graded. Recent auction appearances may include some duplications:

&#40;1&#41; Bowers 10/99 Bass II:1899 PCGS Proof 64 &#36;41,400 &#40;2&#41; Eliasberg:972, &#36;46,750, Buddy Ebsen:2888, &#36;41,800 &#40;3&#41; Heritage 1/2004:7591 PCGS Proof 63 &#40;4&#41; David Lawrence RC 7/2004:2337, NGC PF65 Cameo, &#36;86,250 &#40;5&#41; Stack&#39;s session, Auction &#39;90:464, &#36;65,000 &#40;6&#41; Alto:455 &#40;Stack&#39;s 12/70&#41;, &#36;4,250 &#40;7&#41; Merkin 6/72, &#36;4,700 &#40;8&#41; Stack&#39;s 11/72:818, &#36;8,000 &#40;9&#41; Gilhousen:938, &#36;9,000 &#40;10&#41; Ullmer:530, &#36;32,500 &#40;11&#41; RARCOA 4/75:156, &#36;25,000 &#40;12&#41; Stack&#39;s 4/75:760, &#36;22,000 &#40;13&#41; Garrett 3/76:500, &#36;22,000 &#40;14&#41; RARCOA 5/77:442, &#36;22,000 &#40;15&#41; N. M. Kaufman:938, &#36;27,500. Tone spot before tip of nose &#40;16&#41; Bowers 10/87:2103, &#34;Proof 63&#34; &#40;17&#41; Rarcoa&#39;s session Auction &#39;90:976, &#36;41,000 &#34;Choice&#34; &#40;18&#41; Superior&#39;s Mendelson 2/91:2916, &#36;37,400. PCGS Proof 63 &#40;19&#41; Another :2917, &#36;18,700. &#34;Brilliant Proof 60&#34; &#40;20&#41; Superior&#39;s 8/91:824, &#36;23,100. PCGS Proof 63 &#40;21&#41; Superior&#39;s 2/92:3106, &#36;25,300. &#34;Proof 63&#34; &#40;22&#41; Trompeter, provenance unknown. NGC Proof 62 Cameo &#40;23&#41; Superior&#39;s 5/93:1666, NGC Proof 64 Cameo, &#36;38,500 &#40;24&#41; Heritage 8/96:8567, PCGS Proof 63, &#36;23,100 <b>&#40;PCGS # 9103&#41;</b>

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