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MS64+ NGC (# 4597920010)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $2,380

ESTIMATE: $1,600

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,400

CONDITION NOTES: Deep orange-gold with crimson accents, sharp strike, very faint abrasion traces except for a deeper contact mark between the 9th and 10th stars at 2 o'clock

COMMENTS: 1,669,300 Double Eagles were minted at Philadelphia in 1899, and examples are plentiful in grades through MS64. (Image) (image2)

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MS64 PCGS (# 21317645)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $2,380

ESTIMATE: $1,600

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,400

CONDITION NOTES: Honey and rose gold, sharp strike, almost complete free of contact marks but diagonal streaks in the field at right

COMMENTS: 1,669,300 Double Eagles were minted at Philadelphia in 1899, and examples are plentiful in grades through MS64. (Image) (image2)

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MS64 NGC (# 4555169006)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $3,380

ESTIMATE: $2,200

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,700

CONDITION NOTES: Rose gold with olive acents in angled light, sharp strike, very slight marks

COMMENTS: More than 2 million Double Eagles were minted at San Francisco in 1899, and examples are plentiful in grades through MS63, but considerably scarcer in MS64 or higher grades. NGC reports 349 at MS64 and 13 higher (at 65 and 68). PCGS reports 413 MS64 and 20 at 64+ with only 4 higher (65/67 highest). (Image) (image2)

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MS64+ PCGS (# 342688801) CAC

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $2,750

ESTIMATE: $1,800

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,400

CONDITION NOTES: Honey and rose gold, sharp strike, a few tiny contact mark in fields but exceptionally choice, which is reflected in the MS64+ grade and CAC verification

COMMENTS: 1,874,460 Double Eagles were minted at Philadelphia in 1900, and examples are plentiful in grades through MS64. (Image) (image2)

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MS65 PCGS (# 9650340)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $4,500

ESTIMATE: $3,000

MIN. BID W/O BP: $2,400

CONDITION NOTES: Deep orange-gold with crimson accents in angled light, sharp strike, very faint abrasion traces, tiny spot between stars at 4 o'clock, with Generation 5.0 PCGS green label (graded more than 20 years ago)

COMMENTS: This piece in a 1990s PCGS holder comes from the large group of superb 1901 Double Eagles that reached the market in that decade. It is graded MS65, and although a few hundred exist in this grade, only a handful grade higher (Image) (image2)

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MS65 NGC (# 1209282024)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $3,880

ESTIMATE: $2,500

MIN. BID W/O BP: $2,000

CONDITION NOTES: Brilliant gold with crimson accents in angled light, sharp impression, the only contact mark of note is an arc-shaped scratch buried in Liberty's hair

COMMENTS: A relatively small number of Double Eagles -- 287,270 -- was minted at Philadelphia in 1903, but huge quantities were repatriated from Europe, in grades through MS64. It is somewhat scarcer in MS65. (Image) (image2)

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MS65 PCGS (# 4276679)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $3,560

ESTIMATE: $2,300

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,800

CONDITION NOTES: Deep orange-gold with crimson accents in angled light, moderately soft strike noticeable in "Liberty" and hair, tiny and negligible marks, dark spot in field at left (surface only), with Generation 5.0 PCGS green label (graded more than 20 years ago)

COMMENTS: This piece in a 1990s PCGS holder comes from the large group of superb 1903 Double Eagles that reached the market in that decade. It is graded MS65, and although a few hundred exist in this grade, only a handful grade higher (Image) (image2)

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MS64 PCGS (# 36762931)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $4,000

ESTIMATE: $2,600

MIN. BID W/O BP: $2,000

CONDITION NOTES: Deep orange-gold with crimson accents in angled light, sharp strike, very faint abrasion traces, tiny dark spot in hair above eye

COMMENTS: The numbers reported for the 1906-S are relatively low compared to other late-issue Liberty Double Eagles: NGC for MS64 is 112 and 6 at 64+ (6 at MS65, none higher); PCGS for MS 64 is 325 and 32 at 64+ (6 higher). (Image) (image2)

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