Lot 1736
1894. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned. The 1890s was a period in which the gold market in the United States and across the Atlantic was under severe stress due to troubled economic conditions. Yet the U.S. government kept right on striking double eagles even though at one point the Treasury Department came within days of failing to having the required gold backing for the currency, and faced default! (PCGS # 9025) .
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600.
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| Realized $1,725 |
