1893-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).Impressive Choice Mint State quality, both sides sharply struck with intense frosty mint luster. An even endowment of vivid rose-gold patina rounds out an impressive list of physical attributes for this lovely example. The 1893-S double eagle was produced to the tune of 996,175 pieces, up some 66,000 coins from the previous years figure at the San Francisco Mint. Face value equaled $19,923,500. We estimate 6,000 to 10,000 or more Mint State examples of this issue are extant. Though they were slightly scarce in mid-20th century collecting circles, the importation of gold coins from abroad in later years brought home many 1893-S double eagles in lower Mint State ranges. Few are finer than the MS-63 offered here, a find for the astute double eagle collector.From the Fairmont Collection.
