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1904 S LIBERTY HEAD $20 DOUBLE EAGLE COIN 90 GOLD    US $1,800.00

1885 S $20 Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle Coin    US $1,900.00

1892 S LIBERTY HEAD $20 DOUBLE EAGLE COIN 90 GOLD    US $1,777.00

$20 Double Eagle 1899 S Liberty US Gold Coin    US $1,790.55

1876S $20 DOUBLE GOLD EAGLE LIBERTY QUALITY COIN NOT SCRAP FREE SHIPPING INVEST    US $1,799.99

LUSTROUS 1902 S NGC GRADED MS60 LIBERTY $20 DOUBLE EAGLE GOLD COIN SAN FRANCISCO    US $2,119.00

1874 S $20 LIBERTY GOLD NGC AU55 LOW POPULATION TYPE II DOUBLE EAGLE    US $2,199.21

1870 S $20 LIBERTY GOLD NGC AU53 LOW POPULATION TYPE II DOUBLE EAGLE    US $2,199.21

1867 S $20 LIBERTY GOLD NGC AU53 LOW POPULATION TYPE II DOUBLE EAGLE    US $2,555.66

1882 S LIBERTY HEAD DOUBLE EAGLE $20 GOLD COIN    US $1,751.27

1889 S Gold $20 Liberty Double Eagle Coin Nice BU    US $2,245.00

1893 S Gold $20 Liberty Double Eagle Coin Nice BU    US $2,235.00

1874 S Gold $20 Liberty Double Eagle Coin Nice XF to AU    US $2,195.00

1876 S GOLD US LIBERTY HEAD $20 dollar DOUBLE EAGLE GOLD COIN    US $1,850.00

1896 S $20 Liberty Head Double Gold Eagle PCGS MS63 $3200    US $2,080.65

Gold US Coin 1893 $20 Dollar Double Eagle Liberty MS 62 PCGS Graded Rare    US $1,975.00

1879 S Liberty Gold Double Eagle $20 CHOICE BU RARE MS Uncirculated Coin    US $18,785.00

1887 S $20 LIBERTY DOUBLE EAGLE GOLD COIN XF DT NGC    US $2,299.99

1898 S Gold $20 Liberty Double Eagle Coin Nice BU    US $2,155.00

1876 S $20 GOLD DOUBLE EAGLE KM 742 20 DOLLARS 900 XF LIBERTY HEAD 900 FINE    US $2,000.00

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The history of this coin is unique. Because of the vast quantities of gold coming out of the mines in California, two new denominations were authorized by Congress to be struck in gold; the $1 and mammoth $20. Prior to this, only the $2.50, $5.00 and $10.00 denominations were struck in gold. Congress passed the bill in 1849 and by 1850, the new coins, designed by Chief Engraver James B. Longacre, hit circulation. Longacre used a similar design for both the one dollar and $20 coins: A handsome woman’s head with a classic Greco-Roman nose. It’s believed Longacre even used his daughter as the model! She is wearing a pearl-bordered coronet inscribed with the word “LIBERTY.” The reverse of the coin is based on the Great Seal of the United States. It depicts a spread Eagle with a shield on its breast, 13 stars in an oval with rays above.

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