1888-S $20 Double Eagle Liberty (I Think?) - Grade?

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betinna902 New Member Canada 1 Posts	Posted 02/16/2019 4:22 pm Hi Everyone! I recently inherited this coin and I know very little about coins in general, so I need some help. Before we make any decisions about paying to have it professionally graded, trying to sell it, etc., it would be nice to have some input from people who know what they're talking about as to what we actually have here and whether or not it might actually be worth anything. These aren't the best photos (taken in the evening under our dining room light on my cell phone), but hopefully it gives an idea as to the quality of the coin. If anyone can help me to understand what I'm looking at and what I should do with the coin, that would be so very much appreciated - thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4692 Posts	Posted 02/16/2019 4:32 pm What you have is, in fact, a double eagle. This date is common in the condition that you have, and is basically worth about the value of the gold. Not worth sending in for grading. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7625 Posts	Posted 02/16/2019 5:46 pm ....to the Community! We look forward to your continued active participation. You 1888S 20$ gold piece (aka - "double eagle") appears to be in very fine to extra fine condition. There may be some remaining mint luster on the reverse so that's a plus. The obverse looks like it may have been wiped or lightly cleaned. Cleaning coins is a no-no as it usually hurts the value. There were almost 900,000 of this year/mint mintage so it is not "rare" by any means and does not warrant being slabbed at this time. In my opinion your coin is worth somewhere around the bullion value. Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 02/16/2019 6:03 pm At the very least $1270 Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/16/2019 7:40 pm EF-45 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189215 Posts	Posted 02/17/2019 01:14 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/17/2019 08:40 am EF-45, nicely photographed. to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog 02/17/2019 08:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36830 Posts	Posted 02/19/2019 12:37 pm AU-50 Report this Post to the Staff
bandsdean Pillar of the Community United States 2125 Posts	Posted 02/22/2019 5:57 pm XF-45. I need one! Report this Post to the Staff
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