1906 Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).Handsome deep gold patina blankets both sides of this wholly original piece. Sharply defined throughout with full mint luster, this is a highly desirable Choice example of one of the lower mintage entries in the later Liberty Head double eagle series. Only 69,596 circulation strike double eagles were coined during the year at the Philadelphia Mint, equal to a face value of $1,391,920. Uncirculated examples are scarce by the standards of the type, Q. David Bowers in 2004 providing an estimate of 1,000 to 1,500 or more pieces. Even with many coins coming back to America in recent decades, the 1906 remains particularly elusive in high end MS-63, as here, and it is seldom seen finer. The cachet of a low mintage also adds to the issues desirability.From the Fairmont Collection.
