US $20.00 Double Eagle Liberty Head Gold | Facts, Grading, and Specifications.

$20.00 Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle (1849-1907)

Liberty Head Double Eagle General Grading Standards

VF20 Very Fine - LIBERTY on crown bold; prongs on crown defined; lower half worn flat. Hair worn about ear.
EF40 Extremely Fine - Trace of wear on rounded prongs of crown and down hair curls. Minor bagmarks.
AU50 About Uncirculated - Trace of wear on hair over eye and on coronet.
AU55 Choice About Uncirculated - Evidence of friction on design high points. Some of original mint luster present.
MS60 Uncirculated - No trace of wear. Light blemishes.
MS63 Choice Uncirculated - Some distracting contact marks or blemishes in prime focal areas. Impaired luster possible.

Liberty Head Double Eagle Without Motto on Reverse

Designer: James Barton Longacre	Content: 90% gold 10% other
Diameter: 34 millimeters	Edge: Reeded
Weight: 33.4 grams

Year/ Mint Mark	Circulation Strikes	Proof Strikes
1849	1 (In the Smithsonian Collection)	0
1850	1,170,261	1?
1850-O	141,000	0
1851	2,087,155	Unknown
1851-O	315,000	0
1852	2,053,026	Unknown
1852-O	190,000	0
1853	1,261,326	Unknown
1853-O	71,000	0
1854	757,899	1?
1854-O	3,250	0
1854-S	141,468	1
1855	364,666	Unknown
1855-O	8,000	0
1855-S	879,675	0
1856	329,878	Unknown
1856-O	2,250	0
1856-S	1,189,750	0
1857	439,375	About 5
1857-O	30,000	0
1857-S	970,500	0
1858	211,714	About 10
1858-O	32,250	0
1858-S	846,710	0
1859	43,597	80
1859-O	9,100	0
1859-S	636,445	0
1860	577,670	59
1860-O	6,600	0
1860-S	544,950	0
1861	2,976,453	66
1861-O	17,741	0
1861-S	768,000	0
1862	92,133	35
1862-S	854,173	0
1863	142,790	30
1863-S	966,570	0
1864	204,235	50
1864-S	793,660	0
1865	351,175	25
1865-S	1,042,500	0
1866-S	About 12,000	0

Liberty Head Double Eagle With Motto Above Eagle (TWENTY D. on Reverse)

1866	698,745	30
1866-S	842,250	0
1867	251,015	50
1867-S	920,750	0
1868	98,575	25
1868-S	837,500	0
1869	175,130	25
1869-S	686,750	0
1870	155,150	35
1870-CC	3,789	0
1870-S	982,000	0
1871	80,120	30
1871-CC	17,387	0
1871-S	928,000	0
1872	251,850	30
1872-CC	26,900	0
1872-S	780,000	0
1873	1,709,825	25
1873-CC	22,410	0
1873-S	1,040,600	0
1874	366,780	20
1874-CC	115,085	0
1874-S	1,214,000	0
1875	295,720	20
1875-CC	111,151	0
1875-S	1,230,000	0
1876	583,860	45 (A proof pattern exists dated 1876, but type of 1877)
1876-CC	138,441	0
1876-S	1,597,000	0

Liberty Head Double Eagle With Motto Above Eagle (TWENTY DOLLARS on Reverse)

1878 S Liberty Head Double Eagle

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1877	397,650	20
1877-CC	42,565	0
1877-S	1,735,000	0
1878	543,625	20
1878-CC	13,180	0
1878-S	1,739,000	0
1879	207,600	30
1879-CC	10,708	0
1879-O	2,325	0
1879-S	1,223,800	0
1880	51,420	36
1880-S	836,000	0
1881	2,199	61
1881-S	727,000	0
1882	571	59
1882-CC	39,140	0
1882-S	1,125,000	0
1883	0	92
1883-CC	59,962	0
1883-S	1,189,000	0
1884	0	71
1884-CC	81,139	0
1884-S	916,600	0
1885	751	77
1885-CC	9,450	0
1885-S	683,500	0
1886	1,000	106
1887	0	121
1887-S	283,000	0
1888	226,161	105
1888-S	859,600	0
1889	44,070	41
1889-CC	30,495	0
1889-S	774,700	0
1890	75,940	55
1890-CC	91,209	0
1890-S	802,750	0
1891	1,390	52
1891-CC	5,000	0
1891-S	1,288,125	0
1892	4,430	93
1892-CC	27,265	0
1892-S	930,150	0
1893	344,280	59
1893-CC	18,402	0
1893-S	996,175	0
1894	1,368,940	50
1894-S	1,048,550	0
1895	1,114,605	51
1895-S	1,143,500	0
1896	792,535	128
1896-S	1,403,925	0
1897	1,383,175	86
1897-S	1,470,250	0
1898	170,395	75
1898-S	2,575,175	0
1899	1,669,300	84
1899-S	2,010,300	0
1900	1,874,460	124
1900-S	2,459,500	0
1901	111,430	96
1901-S	1,596,000	0
1902	34,140	114
1902-S	1,753,625	0
1903	287,270	158
1903-S	954,000	0
1904	6,256,699	98
1904-S	5,134,175	0
1905	58,919	92
1905-S	1,813,000	0
1906	69,596	94
1906-D	620,250	0
1906-S	2,065,750	0
1907	1,451,786	78
1907-D	842,250	0
1907-S	2,165,800	0

Mint Mark Legend:

Below the eagle on the reverse.

Mint Mark	Mint	Date of Operation
None	Philadelphia	1793-present
O	New Orleans, LA	1838-1861; 1879-1909
S	San Francisco, CA	1854-1955; 1968-present
CC	Carson City, NV	1870-1893
D	Denver, CO	1906-present

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