1896-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle PCGS MS62

Priced at a 29% discount off ($675 savings) of the Collector's Universe price of $3,000-! 

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Here’s a great San Francisco Mint issue at a really great price. This attractive piece would be a great addition to your collection. PCGS has graded 5,027 as MS62 with 2,384 finer. It is greatly discounted from its Collectors Universe price of $3,000.00 in MS62.

The 1849 Liberty Head double eagle designed and engraved by James B. Longacre. It is the first of only two pieces that were struck, presumably as a pattern. Photo credit: National Numismatic Collection in the National Museum of American History.

The obverse of the $20 Double Eagle features a left-facing Liberty design influenced by Greco-Roman sculpture. A pearl-encrusted coronet inscribed with “Liberty” adorns her wavy hair, which flows down her neck. Thirteen stars that represent the original colonies/states surround her bust. The date is found below the image of Liberty.

The reverse presents Longacre's exaggerated design, featuring a heraldic eagle, one that is quite different from eagles previously found upon our coinage. Dramatic rays emanate from the national bird, and a circle of 13 stars is found hovering over the eagle. Within those stars is found IN GOD WE TRUST. Two contrived ribbons encircle the awkward creature, one of which the eagle holds firmly in its beak. The motto E PLURIBUS UNUM is split between the two ribbons. A federal shield is found on its breast and arrows and the ivy branch of peace are found, respectively, in its right and left talons. The inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and TWENTY DOLLARS surround the bird at the coin's rim.