2008 Jan. FUN Signature Coin Auction #454

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1857-S $20 Bold S MS65 PCGS33071857-S $20 Bold S MS65 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1857-S $20 Bold S MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: <I>S.S. Central America. </B></I>Variety 20B. SSCA 3899. A gorgeous ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 9,500.00
1858-O $20 AU55 NGC33081858-O $20 AU55 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1858-O $20 AU55 NGC.</B></I> Normal dies, mintmark clear and well formed. Overall, a pleasant example of this rarity. The first...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 18,000.00
1858-O $20 AU58 PCGS33091858-O $20 AU58 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1858-O $20 AU58 PCGS.</B></I> The 1858-O double eagle is not one of the better made or well preserved issues in the Liberty Hea...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 25,000.00
1861-O $20 AU55 NGC33101861-O $20 AU55 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1861-O $20 AU55 NGC.</B></I> Few issues hold as much historical allure as the famous 1861-O double eagle. In his <I>Guide...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 40,000.00
1861-O $20 AU58 NGC33111861-O $20 AU58 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1861-O $20 AU58 NGC.</B></I> The 1861-O is a scarce Type One double eagle that has a certain mystique lacking from other dates....
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 50,000.00
1861-S $20 Paquet AU58 NGC33121861-S $20 Paquet AU58 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1861-S $20 Paquet AU58 NGC.</B></I> It is clear that this reverse variation was noted as early as 1865, as an 1861 Philadelphia...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 140,000.00
1864-S $20 MS62 PCGS33131864-S $20 MS62 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1864-S $20 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> What is so special about a coin that grades "only" MS62? The answer in the case of the ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,000.00
1865 $20 MS62 NGC33141865 $20 MS62 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1865 $20 MS62 NGC.</B></I> Ex: <I>S.S. Republic.</B></I> Gleaned from this famous shipwreck, a sharply struck...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,000.00
1866-S $20 No Motto XF45 PCGS33151866-S $20 No Motto XF45 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1866-S $20 No Motto XF45 PCGS.</B></I> The final No Motto double eagle issue has a place of significance among Type Two twentie...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 17,000.00
1866-S $20 No Motto XF45 NGC33161866-S $20 No Motto XF45 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1866-S $20 No Motto XF45 NGC.</B></I> Based upon the substantial amount of mint luster that remains evident on the surfaces of ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 25,000.00
1866-S $20 No Motto AU58 PCGS33171866-S $20 No Motto AU58 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1866-S $20 No Motto AU58 PCGS.</B></I> Communication between the West Coast and the Atlantic states was slow at best during the...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 130,000.00
1866-S $20 Motto AU58 NGC33181866-S $20 Motto AU58 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1866-S $20 Motto AU58 NGC.</B></I> Gold coinage saw active use in the Old West, particularly in California, and many S-mint sur...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 8,000.00
1869 $20 MS65 PCGS33191869 $20 MS65 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1869 $20 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Q. David Bowers' useful <I>Guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins</B></I> neat...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 260,000.00
1871-CC $20 XF45 ANACS33201871-CC $20 XF45 ANACS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1871-CC $20 --Cleaned--ANACS. XF45 Details.</B></I> Variety 1-A, the only variety known for the year. The 1871-CC double eagle,...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 9,000.00
1871-CC $20 AU50 NGC33211871-CC $20 AU50 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1871-CC $20 AU50 NGC.</B></I> According to Douglas Winter and Michael Fuljenz, writing in <I>Type Two Double Eagles 1866-...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 28,000.00
1871-CC $20 AU53 NGC33221871-CC $20 AU53 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1871-CC $20 AU53 NGC.</B></I> Numismatists would be fascinated to know that the combined mintage of all double eagles struck at...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 36,000.00
1872-CC $20 AU55 PCGS33231872-CC $20 AU55 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1872-CC $20 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> The 1872-CC double eagle, coming from a mintage of 26,900 pieces, is a scarce issue. Douglas Win...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 11,000.00
1873-CC $20 AU55 PCGS33241873-CC $20 AU55 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1873-CC $20 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Doug Winter, in his definitive reference on the subject, <I>Gold Coins of the Carson City ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 16,000.00
1873-CC $20 AU55 NGC33251873-CC $20 AU55 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1873-CC $20 AU55 NGC.</B></I> Gold deposits peaked at approximately $5 million in 1873 at the Carson City Mint, according to Ru...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 12,500.00
1875 $20 MS63 PCGS33261875 $20 MS63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1875 $20 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> Longacre's initials are obscured by a die file mark, as seen on other examples of this Philadel...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 8,250.00