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1857-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle PCGS AU-55 20D Ex.SS Central America #2290 CAC

Category: $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle
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CAC. SSCA#2290. 1857-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle 20D Bold 7, Faint S Ex.S.S. Central America #1 Gold Foil.  In 1857 San Francisco, amid the roar of the Gold Rush, the Mint struck this Liberty Head Double Eagle from freshly mined California gold. Its bold 7 and faint S mintmark identify this desirable variety. PCGS has graded 111 of the 1857-S 20D variety as AU55 with 344 finer. Four months later, this very twenty-dollar piece boarded the SS Central America in Panama, bound for New York with three tons of gold. On September 12, a Category 2 hurricane overwhelmed the side-wheeler 200 miles off Cape Hatteras. Captain Herndon saved every woman and child before going down with 425 souls and the ship’s glittering cargo, including thousands of pristine 1857-S double eagles.

Preserved for 144 years in cold, oxygen-starved darkness at 8,000 feet, this coin was recovered in 2000. Graded PCGS AU-55 and numbered #2290 from the SS Central America treasure, it retains radiant honey-golden luster, razor-sharp hair waves, and feather detail. This coin is a silent witness to courage, catastrophe, and resurrection.

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