1860-O $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle NGC AU50 (CAC)

At just 6,600 pieces produced, the 1860-O is one of the lowest-mintage issues in the New Orleans Mint Double Eagle series. There are some real top-flight rarities in this Southern gold series and, while the 1860-O is highly elusive with fewer than 100 coins believed extant, it is not in the same league as the 1854-O and 1856-O, or even the 1855-O, 1859-O or 1879-O. The 1860-O is, however, rarer than all other O-mint Twenties, and our offering of this Choice EF represents an important and fleeting buying opportunity for the specialist.

Rich, even, khaki-orange patina to both sides, the surfaces readily revealing flickers of a prooflike finish despite overall scuffiness to both sides. Wear is expectably light for the assigned grade, and characteristic (for the issue) softness of strike is largely confined to the obverse periphery. For the grade, certainly among the nicest examples of this challenging issue available in today's market.