1898-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle PCGS MS-63+

1898-S Liberty Head Double Eagle, PCGS MS-63+ Type III — San Francisco Mint

The 1898-S ranks among the most prolific issues in the entire Liberty Head Double Eagle series. With a mintage approaching 2.575 million pieces, it stands as the second most produced San Francisco Mint Double Eagle, the great bulk of its output flowing directly into international commerce and banking channels where countless examples would remain overseas for generations before gradual repatriation to American numismatic markets. This MS-63+ example carries the enhanced designation reflecting superior eye appeal within the grade, displaying the bold cartwheel luster and comparatively clean fields that distinguish it from its fully graded peers. The 1898-S always comes flashy and reveals the marks...this one doesn't have that many!

PCGS Population (May 2026): 355 in MS-63+, with 2,455 finer — a striking profile in which the certified mass concentrates overwhelmingly at MS-64 and above, rendering this plus-graded example a comparatively scarce intermediate designation within an otherwise exceptionally deep certified universe for the date.

By comparison, the common-date 1904 in the same grade has a population of 2,280 in MS63+ grade with 53,210 finer and is nearly the same price!