Lot 1227
1861-O $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. The New Orleans Mint produced half dollars and double eagles in the first few months of 1861 before Louisiana seceded, with additional examples struck under State authority and still more under Confederate authority. Mintage figures for each government are known including 5,000 double eagles for the United States; 9,750 for Louisiana; and 2,991 for the Confederate States. Those mintage figures derive from the Annual Report of the Director of the Mint for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. Mintage 17,741 (PCGS Pop. 12 in AU-50, 31 graded higher, the highest grade being two MS-60 examples, and a total of 104 in all grades, 9/24/11).Estimate $20,000 - 30,000.
Realized: $37,500