Pièce 20 $ en or MS-61 Liberté Double Aigle Année aléatoire | Monnaie des États-Unis

With the California Gold rush of 1848 and a new chief engraver to the United States, James B. Longacre, came a newly designed liberty double eagle. This coin is highly sought after for both its high gold content and its antique value.

COIN HIGHLIGHTS

• Ships individually in protective packaging
• Consisting of 0.9675 oz of 900 Gold
• Obverse: Features a design of Lady Liberty encircled by 13 stars and a crown with the word “LIBERTY”, design may vary depending on the year of release
• Reverse: Features a heraldic eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch and the words "United States of America Twenty Dollars. In God We Trust"

The obverse of this gold round features Longacre's rendition of Lady Liberty, as her left facing bust is surrounded by thirteen stars, representative of the thirteen original American colonies. The year of issue rests below the bust.

The reverse illustrates the national emblem of the United States of America, a bald eagle with outspread wings, an olive branch in one talon and arrows in its other. A crested badge rests at its center, and the official motto of the United States “In God we Trust” is above the eagle’s head.

The NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Company) uses the internationally recognized Sheldon grading scale, which ranges from 1 to 70 to grade coin condition. The MS-61 (which stands for Mint State with a 61 grade) is the one highest scores a coin may achieve. it’s alternatively referred to as Uncirculated.

Each of the coins maintains a similar, but not always identical, design on both the obverse and reverse.

ABOUT THE UNITED STATES MINT

Established in 1792 as the first national mint in the United States, the United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for official legal tender coinage production. The United States Mint has a mission to serve Americans as the sole manufacturer and distributor of circulating currency coins and other official American coinage. The U.S. mint also produces commemorative coins for collectors, silver and gold bullion coins for investors (such as the popular Eagle and Buffalo series), as well as Congressional Medals.