Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

Early PCGS holder. A gold, mint-fresh example, as crisp and glossy as when it was first released from to the Treasury for distribution with only scatt

Frosty and well struck.

(SSCA #6646). An attractive O-mint twenty recovered from the S. S. Central America shipwreck, a coin that saw limited circulation and then without sig

(SSCA 0230). A very commendable, high-end example of this issue from one of the most famous treasures the world has ever imagined. The 1857-S offered

(SSCA #1409). The fact that 5,400 Mint State 1857-S double eagles were salvaged from the wreck of the S.S. Central America, lost at sea in a hurricane

(SSCA #3845). The 1857-S offered here is much like others in the group, which those who have seen it will agree includes a needle-sharp strike, flashy

Some mint luster retained in the fields at the stars, devices, and legends. Normal slight weakness of strike at centers. Uncertified. Sold as is.

Wholly frosty and brilliant, with some of the usual light bagmarks on the face and in the fields keeping it within the bounds of MS63 quality.

The centers are bright yellow-gold oscillating with just as vibrant peripheries. And so to the next qualification, the strike. Here we see quite good

This beautiful coin sums up nicely the experience of the gold satin luster on a well presented and fully struck example. It is the kind of coin that c