1852 Liberty Head Double Eagle. AU-58 (PCGS).Endearing honey-gold surfaces are near-fully frosted in finish with enhancing wisps of iridescent champagne-pink toning. The mintage for the circulation strike 1852 double eagle is 2,053,026 pieces, or $41,060,520 face value. As with most early Philadelphia Mint double eagles, the quantity struck reflects the huge influx of gold from the California gold fields that was shipped to the Northeast beginning in 1849, then growing considerably larger with each passing year. The Philadelphia mintages would begin to lessen in size, however, after the opening of the mint at San Francisco in 1854, although not to the same extent as in New Orleans. Most 1852 double eagles remained in the United States and were used in domestic commerce, though many were sent overseas years later, by which time the coins had already acquired considerable wear. This near-Mint survivor is far finer than most, and it is a strong candidate to represent the No Motto Liberty Head design in a gold type set.
