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 |