Liberty Double Eagles
1863 $20 AU55 PCGS. The financial stresses and political uncertainties of the Civil War resulted in wide-spread hoarding of all precious-metal coinage and the government suspended specie payments after 1861. Accordingly, the Philadelphia Mint struck a small mintage of only 142,790 Liberty double eagles in 1863 and the issue is scarce-to-rare in all grades today. This impressive Choice AU specimen shows just a touch of wear on the well-detailed design elements and the orange-gold surfaces retain considerable amounts of original mint luster. Both sides are lightly abraded and the overall presentation is most attractive. Population: 25 in 55, 38 finer (5/17).
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