1854-S $20 Special Strike DCAM

Coin / United States of America / $20 (Twenty Dollars) / American Liberty Gold / 1854 / San Francsico

A major numismatic rarity with a single example known only in the National Numismatic Collection in the Smithsonian.

Country United States of America
Year 1854
Serie American Liberty Gold
Denomination $20 (Twenty Dollars)
Mint San Francsico
coinage-type Liberty head gold double eagle
desg SP
designer Christian Gobrecht
diameter 34
edge Reeded
fineness 0.9
material 90% gold; 10% copper
mint-mark S
mintage Unique
obverse-description Christian Gobrecht's portrait of Liberty is surrounded by 13 stars with the date centered at the bottom.
reverse-description Shielded eagle with wings outstretched holding arrows and olive branches. The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * TWENTY D. appear around the periphery. Mint mark, if any, appears below the eagle's tail, above the N in TWENTY.
variety Special Strike
weight-grams 33.436
weight-ounces 0.9675
year-display 1849-1907