2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 4

1861 $20 AU58 NGC. A sharply struck example that has modest prooflike reflectivity. Attractive and only lightly abraded. Nearly 3 million Double Eagle

1861 $20 MS61 PCGS. Sharply struck with complete mint luster and even reddish-golden color. An affordable Type One issue. Important notice: We expect

1861-S $20--Damaged--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. This Double Eagle has considerable bright luster and little rub, but there is a rim ding at 9 o...

1862-S $20 AU50 PCGS. Richly detailed with bright luster at the margins, but typically abraded. The lower reverse legends are lightly strike doubled.F

1863 $20 AU53 PCGS. Lightly abraded, with much peripheral luster. The devices have very little rub; for example, the E in E PLURIBUS UNUM is sharp. Ci

1863-S $20 XF40 NGC. Hints of bright luster persist throughout the legends and devices. The stars are somewhat softly struck, and the fields have the

1863-S $20 AU58 PCGS. This scarcer S-mint is now available in Mint State because of the pieces that were brought up from the S.S. Brother Jonathan. At

1864 $20 AU50 PCGS. Luster envelopes the stars, legends, and devices. The obverse field has a few wispy parallel slide marks, but there are no individ

1864 $20 AU55 NGC. Very scarce in high grades, exportation and/or melting during the Civil War probably claimed many of the 204,285 Double Eagles stru

1864-S $20 XF40 NGC. A glossy example that has a minor reverse rim ding at 12 o'clock. The fields are moderately abraded. Faint die clash marks ...

1864-S $20 XF45 PCGS. Rich lemon-gold patina. Moderately abraded, but with ample luminous luster for the grade. The bust truncation has a small scrape

1864-S $20 AU55 NGC. Bright overall with almost complete mint luster on the reverse, the surfaces are moderately abraded with a couple of pale alloy s

1865 $20 XF45 NGC. A bright representative that has a clean reverse and scattered minor abrasions in the obverse field. Both sides have flashy luster

1865 $20 AU58 PCGS. Very scarce in strict Uncirculated condition, this 1865-P is close with most of the mint luster still intact. Sharply defined, the

1865-S $20 AU55 NGC. A golden-brown Double Eagle that has unusual near-rainbow patina below TED in UNITED. Pleasingly unabraded for a briefly circulat

1865-S $20 MS63 PCGS. Ex: Brother Jonathan 623. This coin was previously offered as lot 1698 in our New York 2002 Bullet Auction, where it was catalog

1865-S $20 MS63 PCGS. Ex: Brother Jonathan 680. An important S-mint Double Eagle issue that was immortalized by the Brother Jonathan, this Select qual

1866-S $20 No Motto--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. The coin seems to have been cleaned a long time ago, but appears to be retoning naturally t

1866 $20 AU50 PCGS. An original yellow-green example that is attractive despite a small contact mark on Liberty's cheekbone. Sharply struck and ...

1866 $20 AU58 PCGS. The 1866 is the premier Liberty Double Eagle with the motto IN GOD WE TRUST from the Philadelphia Mint. Although a generous total