1901-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS). Gorgeous rose-orange surfaces are sharply struck with full mint luster. The San Francisco Mint struck 1,596,000 double eagles in 1901. This is a generous total that is on par with that of most other San Francisco Mint double eagles of the 1890s and early 1900s. While many examples undoubtedly remained in federal storage as backing for gold certificates, thousands were used in export trade. The coins that were shipped overseas have largely been repatriated beginning in the mid 20th century, a particularly large cache of 1901-S twenties included among the 47,000 double eagles found in Central America and dispersed by MTB during the early 1980s. Today this issue is readily obtainable in grades through MS-63, although it is scarce in basal MS-64 and rare any finer. PCGS# 9040. NGC ID: 26CT.
