PCGS CoinFacts – Summary of Recent Updates

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Here is a glimpse of some of the narrative PCGS experts have recently added to PCGSCoinFacts.com.

PCGS Graders comment on the 1916-D Dime - There are four mint mark positions on genuine coins. We see 5 to 10 counterfeits a week in the PCGS grading room.

David Hall quoting Kevin Lipton on the 1849 $20 - "If the 1849 $20 was auctioned today, I believe it would bring between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000." So is the 1849 $20 the world's most valuable coin? The only other real contender is the unique 1907 $20 gold Indian Head pattern (formerly J-1776). The owner of the 1907 Indian Head $20 supposedly recently turned down an offer of $15,000,000 for the coin!

John Dannreuther on the 1907 High Relief Double Eagle - Recent research by Roger Burdette turned up mint records indicating that the first reverse die cracked during the striking of the first Ultra High Relief. This documentation validates the theory of David Akers (and others) that the unique Plain Edge Ultra High Relief was the first Ultra High Relief struck.

David Akers on the 1932 Saint Gauden's Double Eagle - 1932 has come to be regarded in most quarters as the rarest and most valuable of the "late date" Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles from 1929-1932. It is certainly rarer than the overrated 1929. The exact population of the 1932 Double Eagles is impossible to state with certainly but a reasonable estimate would be 50-60 pieces at the most.

Doug Winter on the 1883 Liberty Eagle - The 1883-O is the rarest eagle produced at the New Orleans mint. I suggested that 35-45 examples are known from the original mintage of just 800 coins.

Ron Guth on the 1849 $20 - When the Smithsonian Institution closed its "History of Money and Medals" exhibit in 2004, a group of coin dealers, numismatists and friends were invited to assist in transferring the coins from the display cases to their proper places in the vault cabinets. At one point, the group gathered together a tray of approximately 30 of the greatest rarities, including both 1933 Double Eagles, all three classes of the 1804 Silver Dollars, the 1974 Aluminum Cent, the Brasher Doubloon and Half Doubloon, both thick planchet $10 diameter Ultra High Relief $20 patterns, the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel, the 1794 Silver Dollar in Copper, and, of course, the 1849 Double Eagle. The total value of the grouping was estimated to be in the range of $100 million, making it one of the most valuable collections ever assembled (certainly, the per-coin value was a historical high). When asked "If you could pick any coin on this tray, which would you choose?" most of the attendees chose the 1849 $20.

David Hall comments on the only legal 1933 Saint Gauden's Double Eagle - The coin has the creamy luster you see on late date Saints and though there are a few minor marks, it would grade a solid MS65 at PCGS.

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