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PCGS Number: 10274 Coin Date: 1849 Denomination (Short): G$20 Denomination (Long): 20 Dollar Gold Variety: Mormon Variety 2: K-4 Desg: MS Composition: Gold Mintage: 1,000 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold Coinage Years: 1849-1860 Mint Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Designer: John Kay Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Eye and Cap HOLINESS.TO.THE.LORD. Reverse Description: Clasped Hands 1849 G.S.L.C.P.G TWENTY.DOLLARS General Notes: The Mormon $20 has the distinction of being the first coin of the denomination struck in the United States. Records indicate a mintage of 1,000 pieces in 1849. Today, there are approximately two dozen examples in private hands, most of which grade VF or XF. An example grading AU with original surfaces would be in the lower condition census, and only two or three pieces are known in mint state. PCGS #: 10274 NGC ID: 2BCJ
