Lot 1284
1879-O $20 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. The New Orleans Mint was closed at the start of the Civil War and remained closed many years afterward. After passage of the 1878 Bland-Allison Act, the government needed every available coinage facility, including New Orleans, for Morgan dollar production. Reopening in 1879, the Louisiana facility coined nearly 3 million silver dollars, along with 1,500 eagles and 2,325 double eagles.The '79-O is the only Type Three twenty from the New Orleans mint and as such is of considerable importance to type collectors. And its low mintage gives it an everlasting appeal to date and mintmark collectors. (PCGS Pop. 13 in EF-45, only 25 graded higher, the highest grade being a single MS-60 example, total of 66 in all grades, 9/24/11).
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.
Realized: $32,500
Lot 1285
1879-S $20 Liberty. Details of Very Fine. Cleaned. Mintage 1,233,800.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,500
Lot 1286
1880 $20 Liberty. Very Fine/Extremely Fine. Mintage 51,420.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,600
Lot 1287
1880-S $20 Liberty. Details of Very Fine. Cleaned. Mintage 836,000.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,500
Lot 1288
1880-S $20 Liberty. Details of Extremely Fine. Lightly cleaned, small nick on neck. Mintage 836,000.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,600
Lot 1289
1880-S $20 Liberty. Details of Very Fine. Cleaned. Mintage 836,000.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,500
Lot 1290
1881-S $20 Liberty. About Uncirculated+. Couple small scratches. Mintage 727,000.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,900
Lot 1291
1882-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded (Genuine, Cleaned), Details of About Uncirculated. Mintage 39,140.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $3,500
Lot 1292
1882-S $20 Liberty. Details of Extremely Fine. Lightly cleaned. Mintage 1,125,000.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,600
Lot 1293
1882-S $20 Liberty. Details of Extremely Fine. Cleaned, some light scratches by knot of hair. Mintage 1,125,000.Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,500