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USA (San Francisco Mint), gold $20 Coronet Liberty "double eagle," 1857-S, bold 7, faint S, PCGS UNC details / environmental damage, with pinch of gold. Mint State double eagle with sharp details and bright surfaces save for a patch of matte staining from its time spent underwater. Though the 1857-S is the most prevalent date among double eagles from the SS Central America, its number of die varieties (at least eight significant types) allow for variation when collecting. Housed in a special PCGS slab with a pinch of gold (about 1.5 grams) from the shipwreck, the label hand-signed by chief scientist Bob Evans, also with promotional cardboard box and certificate from PCGS. Recovered from: S.S. Central America, sunk in 1857 in deep water off North Carolina


Estimate: 2500 - 3750 USD