1859 Pattern Double Eagle. Judd-257, Pollock-305. Rarity-6+. Copper.

Beautiful and Rare Judd-257 Pattern 1859 Double Eagle Paquet's Liberty Seated Design 1859 Pattern Double Eagle. Judd-257, Pollock-305. Rarity-6+. Copper. Reeded Edge. Proof-66+ BN (PCGS). Obv: Liberty is seated left with 13 stars around the border. Liberty's outstretched right hand supports a fasces, her left hand rests atop a shield. An olive spring and three arrows are at the base of the shield, and an eagle is standing behind. Rev: A heavy wreath of oak and (possibly) laurel leaves encircles the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, denomination 20 DOLLARS, and date 1859. Beautiful antique copper-brown surfaces are handsomely original. Direct lightly also reveals strong underlying cobalt blue iridescence on both sides, as well as traces of faded pinkish-red mint color in the protected areas around the design elements on the reverse. Frosty to semi-reflective in texture and free of distracting blemishes, as befits the assigned grade. Fully struck. This is assistant engraver Anthony C. Paquet's popular Liberty Seated motif. According to the uspatterns.com website, only 20 or so examples of this pattern double eagle type are known with a reeded edge, some of which have been gilt. There is also a unique plain edge impression (Pollock-306), ex Farouk-Gaston DiBello-Harry W. Bass, Jr. Research Foundation. Provenance: Ex S.H. and H. Chapman's sale of the McCabe Collection, June 1905, lot 97; J.M. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, May 1996, lot 312; Heritage's FUN Signature Auction of January 2008, lot 3468, as NGC Proof-66 RB; Bob R. Simpson Collection; Heritage's sale of the Bob R. Simpson Collection, February 2021 Signature Auction, lot 3154. PCGS Population (all categories): 1; 0 finer. PCGS# 12024. NGC ID: 29D6. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA. Click here to see Coins in Motion.

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