1881 $20

Coin / United States of America / $20 (Twenty Dollars) / American Liberty Gold / 1881 / Philadelphia

Country United States of America
Year 1881
Serie American Liberty Gold
Denomination $20 (Twenty Dollars)
Mint Philadelphia
coinage-type Liberty head gold double eagle
desg MS
designer Christian Gobrecht
diameter 34
edge Reeded
fineness 0.9
material 90% gold; 10% copper
mintage 2,199
ngc-id 26BC
obverse-description Christian Gobrecht's portrait of Liberty is surrounded by 13 stars with the date centered at the bottom.
pcgs-link 8994
pcgs-number 8994
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.
weight-grams 33.436
weight-ounces 0.9675
year-display 1849-1907