1904 Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-64+ (PCGS). CAC.Intensely lustrous, frosty-textured surfaces are further adorned with original patina in vivid orange-rose. Sharply struck, as well, and a delight to behold. This is the highest mintage circulation strike double eagle of the Liberty Head design type, the mintage 6,256,699 pieces for a face value of $125,133,980. By the early 20th century gold coins no longer actively circulated within the United States, except for limited use on the West Coast, which needs were easily met by the San Francisco Mint. As such, it seems that most examples of this Philadelphia Mint issue were used in international commerce, generally in the form of shipment to England or France. Hundreds of thousands of these coins returned to the United States beginning after World War Two, the 1904 now far and away the most plentiful issue of its type in Mint State. This is a beautiful near-Gem that would do equally well in a high grade type or date set.
