At the time the coin s face value more closely coincided with the spot price of gold but now the inherent value of these coins in gold is far greater than ever before.
1882 20 dollar gold coin weight.
There is also one known unc and that coin is really something.
The table below shows melt values for commonly collected u s.
The 1882 liberty head 20 gold coins are relatively common with more than 1 million pieces having been struck a great deal of those coins survive today.
In the wake of the california gold rush.
Permission was granted in 1849 and the 20 gold piece entered circulation in 1850.
Three different minting facilities produced liberty head 20 gold coins in 1882.
The 20 gold coin s hefty weight and sizable diameter are just two reasons the double eagle remains popular with both numismatists and coin collectors today.
Gold coin of its time.
As a business strike the 1882 is the second rarest liberty head double eagle after the excessively rare 1861 paquet more rare than the 1856 o 1854 o or 1870 cc most of the business strikes grade ef all known specimens are prooflike and i have seen only two in au.
1907 1933 st gaudens double eagle 20.
Gold coins including indian head and buffalo gold coins.
Gold dollar 90.
The original liberty design was minted for more than 50 years.
Its gold content of 0 9675 troy oz 30 0926 grams was worth 20 at the 1849 official price of 20 67 oz the coins are made from a 90 gold 0 900 fine 21 6 kt and 10 copper alloy and have a total weight of 1 0750 troy ounces 33 4362 grams.
1882 20 double eagle gold coins weigh 33 44 grams contain 0 9613 ounces of gold and measure 34 millimeters wide.
San francisco carson city and philadelphia.
Double eagle coins hold the highest gold content of any regularly issued u s.
1882 20 dollar gold coin the extremely rare liberty head double eagle.
1849 1907 liberty double eagle 20 1 833 03.
Produced for more than 50 years the 20 liberty gold coin is one that had an extremely high face value for its day.
The 1882 cc is a moderately scarce date in all grades and ranks right in the middle of the carson city mint double eagles 9th out of 19 in terms of overall rarity it is similar in overall rarity to the 1877 cc 1889 cc and 1892 cc a little more rare perhaps and is decidedly more rare than any of the other cc mint issues that follow except the 1885 cc and 1891 cc.
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The liberty head double eagle also known as the coronet double eagle is a twenty dollar gold coin that enjoyed over fifty years of mintage and is popular today among collectors.