United States 1875-CC 20 dollars

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Künker sale 400, lot 751

This specimen was lot 751 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VEREINIGTE STAATEN VON AMERIKA / USA, 20 Dollars 1875, CC, Carson City. Liberty. 30,09 g Feingold. Mit Motto: "IN GOD WE TRUST". In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 55 (6515810-004). GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (United States of America, twenty dollars of 1875, Carson City mint, Liberty head, with motto. Graded NGC AU55. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Of the three varieties of Liberty head double eagles, the second is probably the most difficult to obtain, being struck for the fewest years and liberally sprinkled with rare dates. After the Civil War, paper currency began to displace coins for large transactions and gold coins spent most of their lives in vaults. As a result, survivors may be bagmarked but rarely come heavily worn.

Recorded mintage: 111,151, a common date, especially for Carson City.

Specification: 516 grains (33.436 grams), 1 1/3" (34 millimeters) diameter, 90% gold, silver not over 5%, rest copper; reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 74.2, Fr-176.

Source:

  • Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
  • Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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