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1904 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: PCGS / CoinWeek.

1904 Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   By 1904, the United States' large-format gold double eagle had practically ceased to circulate. As...
1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   A steady stream of sojourners arrived at California's gold fields in 1852, hoping to claim their share of the new state's...
1873 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeeek.

Liberty Head Double Eagle, With Motto (1866-1876) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   When the $20 gold double eagle denomination was proposed, one of the arguments supporting it...
1856-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1856-O Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Liberty Head Double Eagle, the largest circulated gold coin denomination issued by the United States Mint, was introduced in 1850...
1879-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

Liberty Head Double Eagle, With Motto (1877-1907) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The last variation of the Liberty Head Double Eagle, often referred to as Type 3,...
1879-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1879-O Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The American Civil War officially ended coining operations at the three Southern mints of Charlotte (North Carolina), Dahlonega (Georgia), and New...
1852 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

Liberty Head Double Eagle, No Motto (1850-1866) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In the 1830s, minor gold rushes in the Southeast spurred the private coinage of the Bechtler...
1865-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1865-S Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan, Hubert Walker, and Russell Augustin for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1865-S Liberty Head double eagle is a popularly collected $20 gold coin...
1870-CC Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1870-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The United States Mint facility in Carson City, Nevada struck a paltry 3,789 1870-CC Liberty Head $20 double eagle gold coins,...
Uncool Coins! update: Julius Leidman and the 1850 Liberty $20 gold double eagle

Flashback: Collector’s $100,000 Gold Coin Sells for $5,000 After He Ruined It!

By CoinWeek News Staff .... In an Uncool Coins! video segment, CoinWeek brought you the heartrending story of an 1850 Liberty $20 Double Eagle gold...
1899 Proof Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions/ Adobe Stock.

Highest-Graded 1899 Double Eagle in Heritage Long Beach Sale

Sept. 14-17 event also features Stuard Collection of Morgan Dollars   A magnificent 1899 Double Eagle PR67 Ultra Cameo NGC. CAC. JD-1, R.5 will be among...
Saddle Ridge Hoard 1892-S Double Eagle in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction

Saddle Ridge 1892-S Double Eagle in Stack’s Bowers ANA Auction

By Chris Bulfinch - Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ...... Uncovered in 2013, the Saddle Ridge Hoard comprised more than 1,400 U.S. gold coins struck at the...

Stack’s Bowers to Offer Mint State 1873-S Open 3 Double Eagle

By Chris Bulfinch - Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ...... Stack’s Bowers Galleries is offering an attractive, original 1873-S Open 3 double eagle $20 gold coin in...
Proof 1902 Liberty Head Double Eagle $20 Gold Coin in Stack's Bowers Spring 2023 Rarities Night Auction

Proof 1902 Double Eagle in Spring 2023 Rarities Night Auction

By Chris Bulfinch - Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ...... 1902 Proof double eagles are not common coins; they have a reported mintage of just 114 coins...

Douglas Winter Numismatics Sells Rare Uncirculated 1850-O $20

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) recently sold one of the few known Uncirculated 1850-O double eagles. The coin...
Counterfeit Coin Detection - 1904 Gold $20 Double Eagle

Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1904 Gold $20 Double Eagle

Counterfeit Coins -  1904 Double Eagle   By Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   This counterfeit coin 1904 Double Eagle specimen exhibits relatively sharp design details, and its...
Gem Prooflike Central America 1857-S Double Eagle Sells at GreatCollections

Gem Prooflike Central America 1857-S Double Eagle Sells at GreatCollections

On Christmas, GreatCollections auctioned off one of the last $20 double eagle gold coins recovered from the SS Central America shipwreck for $72,500 USD...
Rare Proof 1864 Double Eagle Sells for $613,125 at GreatColletions

Rare Proof 1864 Double Eagle Sells for $613,125 at GreatColletions

On September 25, 2022, GreatCollections offered collectors a rare opportunity to bid on a spectacular early US Civil War Ultra Cameo Proof 1864 gold...
Mike Byers Mint Error News - Unique Broadstruck 1906-D $20 Liberty

Mike Byers Mint Error News – Unique Broadstruck 1906-D $20 Liberty

By Mike Byers for Mint Error News ...... 1906-D $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle Broadstruck (Out of the Collar) NGC AU 58 UNIQUE   This is the only known United...
Monumental Proof 1885 Double Eagle Featured in Stack's Bowers Winter Expo Auction

Monumental Proof 1885 Double Eagle Featured in Stack’s Bowers Winter Expo Auction

By Christopher Maisano - Numismatist, Stack's Bower Galleries ...... The 1885 Proof double eagle is among the rarest Proof $20s, and we are pleased to...
Rare Key Date 1854-O Double Eagle at GreatCollections

Rare Key Date 1854-O Double Eagle at GreatCollections

Currently, GreatCollections is auctioning a rare 1854-O Liberty Gold Double Eagle graded AU 55 by PCGS. This rare opportunity for collectors to acquire one...
New Dated Gold Coin Market Thanks to Fairmont/Hendricks Collection

New Dated Gold Coin Market Thanks to Fairmont/Hendricks Collection

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner The April 2022 Stack’s Bowers sale of the Fairmont/”Hendricks” coins likely has forever changed the rare date...

Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1891 Double Eagle US Gold Coin

Counterfeit Coin - 1891 Double Eagle   By Max Spiegel –  Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ...... NGC graders identified an 1891-S Double Eagle with a removed mintmark. Because...
Stack’s Bowers Offers Hendricks Sets of $10 Eagles, $20 Double Eagles From Fairmont Collection

Stack’s Bowers Offers Hendricks Sets of $10 Eagles, $20 Double Eagles From Fairmont Collection

$20 Double Eagle Gold Coins Stack’s Bowers Galleries is excited to announce the incredible Hendricks Set of $20 Double Eagles from the Fairmont Collection, a...
Behind the Curtain at Douglas Winter Numismatics: March 2022

Behind the Curtain at Douglas Winter Numismatics: March 2022

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Many of the ultra-rare coins we sell never make it onto the DWN website. Every now and...

NGC Presents Last Great Mystery of SS Central America Shipwreck

On September 3, 1857, SS Central America began a voyage from Panama to New York City carrying very important cargo: thousands of freshly minted...
Counterfeit Coin Detection: 1879 Double Eagle US Gold

Counterfeit Coin Detection: 1879 Double Eagle US Gold

Counterfeit 1879 Double Eagle   By Max Spiegel – Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ...... A repeat depression helps NGC graders identify a counterfeit 1879 Double Eagle   Every United...
1851-O $20.00 PCGS MS62, as photographed for Doug Winter's Gold Coins of the New Orleans Mint book

Availability of CAC New Orleans Double Eagles in MS62 and Higher

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner In my experience, any double eagle from New Orleans is very rare in properly graded MS62 and...
Hard to Find Mint State 1859-O Gold Double Eagle at GreatCollections

Hard to Find Mint State 1859-O Gold Double Eagle at GreatCollections

More than 80 bids have been recorded in the sale of an uncirculated 1859-O $20 gold double eagle being offered by GreatCollections.com. Certified MS-60...
Doug Winter - Buying Coins

Why I Buy What I Buy, or “Why Did You Pass On My Coin?”

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I was recently offered a coin by a dealer who I’m trying to cultivate as a potential...