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1855-S $20 Thin A

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1855-S $20 Thin A, Full E AU58 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America. Variety 14G, SSCA 6538. This fully lustrous yellow-gold 58 HA 7,188 03/17/2007
    1855-S $20 Thin A, Full E AU58 PCGS. A lustrous and 58 HA 5,462 09/28/2002
    1855-S $20 ThnA,FullE 53 HA 2,530 05/31/2001
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 70046
      Coin Date: 1855-S
      Denomination (Short): $20
      Denomination (Long): $20 Gold
      Variety: Thin A
      Desg: MS
      Prefix: Shipwreck
      Mint Mark: S
      Composition: 90% gold; 10% copper
      Mintage: 879,675
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Liberty head gold double eagle
      Coinage Years: 1849-1907
      Mint Location: San Francisco
      Diameter: 34
      Fineness: 0.9
      Weight (Grams): 33.436
      Weight (Ounces): 0.9675
      Designer: Christian Gobrecht
      Edge: Reeded
      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.
      General Notes: Originally recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck and certified by PCGS in holders with special "gold foil" labels.
      PCGS #: 70046
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