Terms of SaleBid IncrementsGradingLinksContact

Sale 46: The Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Collection

Previous ChapterTable of ContentsNext Chapter

$20 Liberty Head/With Motto (1877 - 1888)

Lots 1274-1283 Lots 1284-1293 Lots 1294-1303 Lots 1304-1305

Lot 1284

1879-O $20 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. The New Orleans Mint was closed at the start of the Civil War and remained closed many years afterward. After passage of the 1878 Bland-Allison Act, the government needed every available coinage facility, including New Orleans, for Morgan dollar production. Reopening in 1879, the Louisiana facility coined nearly 3 million silver dollars, along with 1,500 eagles and 2,325 double eagles.

The '79-O is the only Type Three twenty from the New Orleans mint and as such is of considerable importance to type collectors. And its low mintage gives it an everlasting appeal to date and mintmark collectors. (PCGS Pop. 13 in EF-45, only 25 graded higher, the highest grade being a single MS-60 example, total of 66 in all grades, 9/24/11).
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.

Realized: $32,500

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1285

1879-S $20 Liberty. Details of Very Fine. Cleaned. Mintage 1,233,800.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,500

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1286

1880 $20 Liberty. Very Fine/Extremely Fine. Mintage 51,420.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,600

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1287

1880-S $20 Liberty. Details of Very Fine. Cleaned. Mintage 836,000.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,500

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1288

1880-S $20 Liberty. Details of Extremely Fine. Lightly cleaned, small nick on neck. Mintage 836,000.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,600

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1289

1880-S $20 Liberty. Details of Very Fine. Cleaned. Mintage 836,000.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,500

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1290

1881-S $20 Liberty. About Uncirculated+. Couple small scratches. Mintage 727,000.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,900

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1291

1882-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded (Genuine, Cleaned), Details of About Uncirculated. Mintage 39,140.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $3,500

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1292

1882-S $20 Liberty. Details of Extremely Fine. Lightly cleaned. Mintage 1,125,000.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,600

email this lot to a friend

Lot 1293

1882-S $20 Liberty. Details of Extremely Fine. Cleaned, some light scratches by knot of hair. Mintage 1,125,000.
Estimate $1,250 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,500

email this lot to a friend

Lots 1274-1283 Lots 1284-1293 Lots 1294-1303 Lots 1304-1305

Previous ChapterTable of ContentsNext Chapter