The coin prices and values for Gold $20 Double Eagle. Also showing coins for sale in our database for the Coronet Head type Gold $20 Double Eagle items. 90% Gold, 10% Copper Auction Record: $31,200. MS67. Heritage Auctions. The NGC Coin Explorer is a free, online coin collecting guide. With 1908 NO MOTTO $20 MS images, prices, auction data and more, it's the most comprehensive numismatic guide. The twenty dollar gold piece, is a large heavy coin, easily bumped and bruised. Collectors and dealers look for a coin with the least amount of abrasions and pay a premium for coins in better condition. The coin pictured is an 'Uncirculated', lustrous coin, and because of its condition worth over $1,772. The $20 Liberty Gold coin was minted from 1850 to 1907, when the Double Eagle Gold coin was redesigned at the request of President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1866, the U.S. Mint added the motto “In God We Trust” to the Gold Double Eagle coin, an essential subtype for collectors of the Liberty Gold Double Eagle and old Gold coins alike.
Liberty Head - Twenty D - No Motto
Minted at: Philadelphia (No Mint Mark)
Metal Composition: 90% Gold - 10% Copper
Mass / Weight: 33.44 grams
What This Coin Looks Like (Obverse, Reverse, Mint Mark Location, Special Features, etc.):
The 1849 $20 Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle is one of the rarest and most valuable US coins ever produced. Technically this is a pattern coin which was used for testing the new double eagle denomination design. The US Mint classified the $10 'Eagle' as the standard gold coin unit to be used starting in 1795 - the largest denomination used up through 1849 mainly for banking and overseas trade business. Although this all changed when gold was first discovered in California in 1848 (and the ensuing 49er's gold rush the following year).
Huge volumes of gold were being shipped to the Philadelphia Mint to strike $10 gold eagles. The Mint decided that it was becoming more practical to produce a larger coin and denomination. In 1849 the US Mint produced a pattern coin for the $20 gold coin - which would be known as the 'Double Eagle'. This pattern coin reference is also known as Judd-117 and Pollock-132. The creation of the $20 double eagle denomination was a direct result of the California Gold Rush. The particular coin above now resides in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institute. Some experts estimate that if this coin went up for sale at private auction - it would be worth between $10 million and $20 million - making it the most valuable coin ever.
| Good (G-4) | Very Good (VG-8) | Fine (F-12) | Very Fine (VF-20) | Extremely Fine (EF-40) | About Uncirculated (AU-50) | Uncirculated (MS-60) | Uncirculated (MS-63) | Proof (PR-63) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $17,041,245 |
USA Coin Book Estimated Value of 1849 Coronet Head Gold $20 Double Eagle (Unique - Smithsonian Collection Variety) (Proof Coin) is Worth $17,041,245 or more. Click here to Learn How to use Coin Price Charts. Also, click here to Learn About Grading Coins. The Melt Value shown below is how Valuable the Coin's Metal is Worth (bare minimum value of coin). Click here to see the Melt Value of every US Coin.
MELT VALUE: $1786.40
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Liberty Head - Twenty D - No Motto
20 Dollar Gold Coin
Minted at: Philadelphia (No Mint Mark)
20 Dollar Gold Coin Double Eagle
Metal Composition: 90% Gold - 10% Copper
Mass / Weight: 33.44 grams
What This Coin Looks Like (Obverse, Reverse, Mint Mark Location, Special Features, etc.):
The 1849 $20 Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle is one of the rarest and most valuable US coins ever produced. Technically this is a pattern coin which was used for testing the new double eagle denomination design. The US Mint classified the $10 'Eagle' as the standard gold coin unit to be used starting in 1795 - the largest denomination used up through 1849 mainly for banking and overseas trade business. Although this all changed when gold was first discovered in California in 1848 (and the ensuing 49er's gold rush the following year).
Huge volumes of gold were being shipped to the Philadelphia Mint to strike $10 gold eagles. The Mint decided that it was becoming more practical to produce a larger coin and denomination. In 1849 the US Mint produced a pattern coin for the $20 gold coin - which would be known as the 'Double Eagle'. This pattern coin reference is also known as Judd-117 and Pollock-132. The creation of the $20 double eagle denomination was a direct result of the California Gold Rush. The particular coin above now resides in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institute. Some experts estimate that if this coin went up for sale at private auction - it would be worth between $10 million and $20 million - making it the most valuable coin ever.
| Good (G-4) | Very Good (VG-8) | Fine (F-12) | Very Fine (VF-20) | Extremely Fine (EF-40) | About Uncirculated (AU-50) | Uncirculated (MS-60) | Uncirculated (MS-63) | Proof (PR-63) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $17,041,245 |
USA Coin Book Estimated Value of 1849 Coronet Head Gold $20 Double Eagle (Unique - Smithsonian Collection Variety) (Proof Coin) is Worth $17,041,245 or more. Click here to Learn How to use Coin Price Charts. Also, click here to Learn About Grading Coins. The Melt Value shown below is how Valuable the Coin's Metal is Worth (bare minimum value of coin). Click here to see the Melt Value of every US Coin.
MELT VALUE: $1786.40
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