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1855-O $20

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
VF20 $15,000.00
VF25 $18,000.00
VF30 $20,400.00
VF35 $26,400.00
XF40 $36,000.00
XF45 $42,000.00
AU50 $52,800.00
AU53 $57,600.00
AU55 $74,400.00
AU58 $102,000.00
MS60 $132,000.00
MS61 $156,000.00
VF20 CAC $22,200.00
VF25 CAC $26,400.00
VF30 CAC $30,000.00
VF35 CAC $33,600.00
XF40 CAC $49,200.00
XF45 CAC $54,000.00
AU50 CAC $66,000.00
AU53 CAC $72,000.00
AU55 CAC $89,300.00
AU58 CAC $122,400.00
MS60 CAC $180,000.00
MS61 CAC $222,000.00

Apr Data

71 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1855-O $20 MS61 NGC. Variety 1. 61 HA 108,000 08/14/2019
    1855-O $20 MS61 NGC. Variety 1. 61 HA 129,250 08/02/2017
    1855-O $20 MS61 NGC. 61 HA 141,000 01/12/2014
    1855-O $20 AU58 NGC. Variety 1. 58 HA 66,020 07/20/2023
    1855-O $20 AU58 NGC. Variety 1. 58 HA 70,500 08/16/2015
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. 55 HA 56,400 08/24/2022
    1855-O $20 AU55 PCGS. Variety 1. 55 HA 66,000 05/05/2022
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. 55 HA 54,000 02/24/2022
    1855-O $20 AU55 PCGS. Variety 1. 55 HA 55,200 04/24/2021
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. CAC Variety 1. 55 HA 58,750 08/09/2014
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. 55 HA 67,562 08/09/2014
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. 55 HA 54,625 03/11/2012
    1855-O Liberty Double Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. AU-55 (NGC). 55 Stacks Bowers 57,529 06/18/2010
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. 55 HA 57,500 10/25/2008
    1855-O $20 AU55 NGC. 55 HA 51,750 01/12/2008
    1855-O $20 AU55 PCGS. 55 HA 57,500 11/07/2007
    1855-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-53 (PCGS). 53 Stacks Bowers 51,600 04/06/2022
    1855-O $20 AU53 PCGS. 53 HA 40,813 02/20/2020
    1855-O $20 AU53 NGC. Variety 1. 53 HA 45,600 11/02/2017
    1855-O $20 AU53 PCGS. Variety 1. 53 HA 44,650 01/09/2017
    1855-O $20 AU53 NGC. Variety 1. 53 HA 47,000 09/12/2016
    1855-O Liberty Double Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. AU-53 (PCGS). 53 Stacks Bowers 52,900 08/18/2011
    1855-O Liberty Double Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. AU-53 (NGC). 53 Stacks Bowers 46,288 06/17/2011
    1855-O $20 AU53 NGC. This date is a true rarity among Type One Liberty double eagles, although it is not in the same class 53 HA 34,500 08/14/2006
    1855-O $20 AU50 NGC. Variety 1. 50 HA 42,000 09/14/2023
    1855-O $20 MS 50 Ira & Larry Goldberg 32,000 02/13/2017
    1855-O $20 AU50 PCGS. Variety 1. 50 HA 41,125 02/10/2013
    1855-O $20 MS 50 American Numismatic Rarities 31,050 07/25/2005
    1855-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. EF-45+ (PCGS). CAC. 45 Stacks Bowers 45,600 08/13/2024
    1855-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. EF-45 (PCGS). CAC. 45 Stacks Bowers 40,800 08/23/2022
    1855-O $20 XF45 NGC. Variety 1. 45 HA 40,800 08/18/2021
    $20 1855-O PCGS XF45+ CAC 45 Legend 42,300 05/14/2020
    1855-O $20 XF45 PCGS. Variety 1. 45 HA 43,200 06/14/2018
    1855-O $20 XF45 PCGS. CAC. Variety 1. 45 HA 43,475 04/30/2017
    1855-O $20 XF45 PCGS. 45 HA 34,500 07/10/2011
    1855-O $20 XF45 PCGS. 45 HA 31,095 10/31/2010
    1855-O $20 MS 45 Stacks Bowers 29,900 08/08/2010
    1855-O Liberty Double Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. EF-45 (PCGS). 45 Stacks Bowers 35,708 08/07/2010
    1855-O $20 XF45 NGC. 45 HA 27,600 09/13/2009
    1855-O $20 XF45 NGC. 45 HA 25,300 10/25/2008
    1855-O $20 XF45 PCGS. 45 HA 28,750 03/07/2008
    1855-O $20 XF45 PCGS. Minted at a time when few (if any) collectors bothered to look for mintmarks on coins, it is unsurpri 45 HA 19,550 06/02/2007
    1855-O $20 MS 45 Ira & Larry Goldberg 18,975 05/28/2006
    1855-O $20 XF40 PCGS. CAC. Variety 1. Sandwiched between two great rarities -- the 1854-O and 1856-O -- the scarce 1855-O i 40 HA 42,000 05/08/2023
    1855-O Liberty Double Eagle. EF-40 (NGC). CAC. OH. 40 Stacks Bowers 51,406 05/20/2015
    1855-O $20 XF40 NGC. 40 HA 20,700 12/06/2008
    1855-O $20 XF40 NGC. 40 HA 25,300 08/03/2008
    1855-O $20 XF40 PCGS. Typically abraded with some of the original luster intact and hints of red color about the borders. T 40 HA 16,100 06/30/2005
    1855-O $20 VF35 NGC. Variety 1. 35 HA 19,200 09/12/2024
    1855-O $20 VF35 NGC. Only 8,000 pieces were struck of the 1855-O double eagle. Yet, despite such an impressively low mintag 35 HA 16,100 01/07/2006
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 8915
      Coin Date: 1855-O
      Denomination (Short): $20
      Denomination (Long): $20 Gold
      Desg: MS
      Mint Mark: O
      Composition: 90% gold; 10% copper
      Mintage: 8,000
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Liberty head gold double eagle
      Coinage Years: 1849-1907
      Mint Location: New Orleans
      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.
      PCGS #: 8915
      NGC ID: 268W
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