2004 Orlando FL. (FUN) Signature Sale #336 - Session 1

1866-S $20 No Motto AU53 PCGS. A rare issue in all grades, the 1866-S No Motto is also notable for its status as the final issue of the type. All Phil

1866 $20 AU58 NGC. A well struck piece that has extensive shimmering luster and original orange and yellow-green hues. Interestingly, there are severa

1866-S $20 Motto AU50 NGC. A golden-brown piece with rich details and good eye appeal. The right border has numerous spindly die cracks, as made. Unli

1867 $20 AU58 PCGS. A well struck Double Eagle that has extensive prooflike luster. The reverse is clean and would likely merit an Uncirculated grade

1867-S $20 AU55 NGC. A pleasing example with even wear and moderately abraded surfaces. Lovely light, even, green-gold color covers each side. The 186

1868 $20 AU50 NGC. The 1868 is a true "sleeper" date among Type Two Double Eagles. It is reasonably scarce in all grades, and very scarce ...

1868-S $20 MS60 NGC. An underrated and overlooked issue among Type Two Double Eagles, the 1868-S is scarce in all grades, and very rare in Mint State.

1869 $20 AU50 PCGS. This coin should be considered a very high grade piece for the date. With XF being the typical grade for this issue, a choice AU e

1869-S $20 AU58 NGC. Much nicer than average for the grade, with lovely mint luster that is somewhat subdued but pleasing nonetheless. Softly struck,

1870 $20 AU50 PCGS. An extremely challenging Philadelphia issue in the Type Two series, the 1870 is a significant coin that is the equal of other bett

1870-CC $20 AU53 PCGS. This historic rarity had an original mintage of only 3,789 pieces, with attrition taking a heavy toll on those struck. In terms

1870-S $20 AU58 NGC. Bright pink and green-gold colors adorn this aesthetically pleasing example. It is also fully lustrous, with very little wear on

1871 $20 AU50 NGC. This is a popular Double Eagle among collectors, with a low mintage of only 80,120 pieces. The surfaces have a very smooth, problem

1871-CC $20 AU55 PCGS. Variety 1-A. Aside from the legendary 1870-CC Twenty, this issue of 17,387 pieces is the rarest date of the Carson City Double

1871-S $20 AU53 NGC. Very frosty with sparkling luster, and evenly worn over the highpoints, with a scuffy overall appearance and reddish-gold patina.

1872 $20 AU55 NGC. Attractive, reddish highlights and semi-prooflike tendencies, but a very scuffy appearance on both sides. Typically struck and high

1872-CC $20 AU58 NGC. While not as rare as other CC twenties in the absolute sense, the '72-CC is one of the most difficult in terms of conditio...

1872-S $20 AU58 NGC. The luster is slightly muted, with a coating of green-gold patina and a relatively modest number of trivial contact marks, for th

1873 $20 Closed 3 MS61 NGC. Much more elusive than its Open 3 counterpart, the Closed 3 was struck only for a brief period early in the year. Accordin

1873 $20 Open 3 MS63 NGC. The more available of the two Philadelphia Mint logotype varieties for the year, the 1873 Open 3 is a popular Type Two candi

1873-CC $20 MS60 NGC. Until a few years ago, the 1873-CC was a scarcer coin than the 1872-CC. Today, it is slightly more available, and now ranks as t

1873-S $20 Closed 3 MS61 NGC. The Closed 3 is the more available of the two varieties of 1873-S Double Eagles. There are approximately 300 pieces know

1873-S $20 Open 3 AU58 NGC. Definitely the scarcer of the two varieties, and a difficult coin to locate in higher grades. This piece is well struck an

1874 $20 AU58 NGC. A somewhat scarcer Type Two twenty. This is a well struck piece with the usual small but numerous abrasions on each side, but good

1874-CC $20 MS60 NGC. Of the greatest rarity and importance to collectors of Carson City gold, the '74-CC Double Eagle is a very elusive issue i...

1874-S $20 MS62 NGC. A satiny, well preserved example, which seems appropriately graded at the current level. The 1874-S is the first S-mint Double Ea

1875 $20 MS63 NGC. The only collectible Philadelphia Mint gold denomination from this difficult year, the 1875 can be located without much trouble in

1875-CC $20 MS62 NGC. An attractive example with booming bright luster and a good strike. A couple of bagmarks do not substantially impact the eye app

1875-S $20 MS60 NGC. A sharply struck Double Eagle with good luster and a refreshingly clean reverse. The obverse is typically abraded, and a small sp

1876 $20 MS60 NGC. This Type Two example from our nation's Centennial year has no shortage of shimmering canary-gold luster. The cheek and obver...

1876-CC $20 MS62 NGC. A well struck piece with impressive bright luster and no objectionable abrasions. A minor scrape near the eagle's right (f...

1876-S $20 MS60 NGC. The mintmark is entered unusually far to the right, and is nearly centered above the second T in TWENTY. Numerous parallel bold d

1877 $20 MS60 NGC. Sharply struck aside from a couple of obverse stars. Luminous olive-gold luster dominates both sides, although the obverse field an

1877-CC $20 MS61 NGC. The fields have flashy semi-prooflike luster. A nicely struck representative with wisps of golden-brown color along the upper ri

1877-S $20 MS60 NGC. Flashy cartwheel luster and attractive honey-gold color ensure the eye appeal. Relatively unmarked for this often baggy grade, si

1878 $20 MS63 NGC. Breen-7270, "Very rare." The lower loops of the 8s in the date are widely recut, and the reverse legends are lightly di...

1878-CC $20 AU53 NGC. Variety 1-A, which is noted for a lengthy vertical die scratch (as made) on the back of Liberty's neck. On the reverse, se...

1878-S $20 MS61 NGC. A crisply struck and satiny representative with good luster. The cheek and left obverse field have a cluster of individually unim

1879 $20 MS61 NGC. UNITED STATES and TWENTY are widely die doubled, an apparently unlisted variety. Luster readily rolls across the lightly bagmarked

1879-CC $20 AU58 NGC. The 1879-CC is among the lowest mintage Carson City Double Eagles. Only 10,708 pieces were struck, and among the few hundred sur

1879-O $20 AU58 NGC. The 1879-O is one of the few truly rare coins in all grades in the Coronet series of double eagles. It is the only New Orleans Ty

1879-S $20 AU58 NGC. Abundant shimmering luster accompanies this somewhat bagmarked representative. Well struck except for the central vertical shield

1880 $20 AU58 NGC. Just 51,400 pieces were struck. Breen states in his 1988 Encyclopedia that the 1880 is "much rarer in business-strike form t...

1880-S $20 AU58 NGC. The remaining luster is extensive and rather prooflike. A meticulously struck Twenty that is unlikely to have ever actually enter

1881 $20 AU55 NGC. Ex: Eagle Collection. Only 2,220 circulation strike 1881 double eagles were produced. Approximately 25-35 pieces are known today wi

1881-S $20 MS61 NGC. Tall S mintmark. This intricately struck apricot-gold example has luminous luster and the expected number of individually unimpor

1882 $20 AU58 NGC. Ex: Eagle Collection. The 1882 has the lowest mintage figure of any regular-issue double eagle (regular issues do not include the 1

1882-CC $20 MS60 NGC. Semi-prooflike luster radiates across this boldly struck Carson City Double Eagle. Moderately abraded, but not excessively so fo

1882-S $20 AU55 NGC. Breen-7283, "rare." Small S mintmark. Luster outlines the stars, date, coronet, and hair curls on the obverse. The re...

1883-CC $20 MS63 PCGS. While one of the more available Carson City issues in lower grades, all CC Double Eagles are rare and worthwhile coins in stric