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Lot:193 1861 Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS). CAC.

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SBP2018年6月巴尔地摩#1-美国钱币

2018-06-22 06:00:00

2018-06-22 10:00:00

USD 6900

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1861 Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS). CAC.With bountiful satin luster, original honey-rose patina and a sharply executed strike, this lovely piece would do justice to any Mint State type or date set. Beginning in 1861, gold coins were extensively hoarded in anticipation of economic difficulties pursuant to the armed conflict between the states. Silver coins were hoarded as well, beginning in the spring of 1862, following the introduction of Legal Tender notes that were not redeemable in gold or silver coins. The publics confidence in the economy wasnt restored until the late 1870s. During this period the government responded to the disappearance of specie by printing and issuing paper money, with denominations ranging from three cents up to $5,000; shortly thereafter -- in 1863 -- the $10,000 denomination was also added. Although gold and silver coins disappeared from circulation in the East and Midwest, they continued to circulate unabated on the Pacific Coast, where Legal Tender notes were accepted only at a deep discount.<p>With the bombing of Fort Sumter in April 1861 and the beginning of the Civil War, the North needed about $80 million to fund the war effort. The production of 2,976,452 double eagles at the Philadelphia Mint and 768,000 additional examples at the San Francisco Mint resulted in a combined production at those facilities of 3,744,452 $20 coins, more than had been produced since the inception of the double eagle series in 1850, or that would be coined in any single year for over 40 years to come. The resulting $74.8 million face value of this denomination alone went far in meeting the federal governments needs for that year.<p>However, with about $260 million required by the North in 1862, and even more in the war years that followed, gold production could not come close to those levels. Financial elasticity was possible only by returning to a federally issued paper currency, the Demand Notes of 1861 followed by the Legal Tender or "greenback" notes of 1862. They were federal paper not seen in quantity since the American Revolution.<p>Including coins recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration from the wreck of the <em>S.S. Republic</em>, lost in 1865, we estimate that about 1,000 Mint State 1861 double eagles have survived to the present time. This is one of the most common Type I Liberty Head double eagles, although circulated examples far outnumber Uncirculated pieces, even with the inclusion of shipwreck coins. Scarce from a market availability standpoint, and possessed of an appearance that does not suggest a sunken treasure find, our offering of this premium quality MS-62 represents a fleeting bidding opportunity for the astute double eagle collector.From the Fairmont Collection.

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