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Entry Details

PCGS Number: 70004
Coin Date: 1857-S
Denomination (Short): $20
Denomination (Long): $20 Gold
Variety: Broken A
Desg: MS
Prefix: Shipwreck
Mint Mark: S
Composition: 90% gold; 10% copper
Mintage: 970,500
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Liberty head gold double eagle
Coinage Years: 1849-1907
Mint Location: San Francisco
Diameter: 34
Fineness: 0.9
Weight (Grams): 33.436
Weight (Ounces): 0.9675
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Edge: Reeded
Obverse Description: Christian Gobrecht's portrait of Liberty is surrounded by 13 stars with the date centered at the bottom.
Reverse Description: Shielded eagle with wings outstretched holding arrows and olive branches. The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * TWENTY D. appear around the periphery. Mint mark, if any, appears below the eagle's tail, above the N in TWENTY.
General Notes: Originally recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck and certified by PCGS in holders with special "gold foil" labels.
NGC ID: 2696

1857-S $20 Broken A

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, MS64 PCGS. CAC.	64	$9,600	11/21/24
	1857-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. Variety-20E. Broken A. Gold S.S. Central America Label. MS-64 (PCGS).	64	$10,200	04/05/22
	1857-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. Variety-20E. Broken A. Gold S.S. Central America Label. MS-64 (PCGS).	64	$6,600	11/15/19
	1857-S Liberty Double Eagle. Broken A. MS-64 (PCGS).	64	$9,654	03/05/10
American Numismatic Rarities	1857-S $20 Broken A	64	$8,050	09/21/06
	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, MS63 PCGS.	63	$7,200	09/13/24
	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, MS63 Prooflike PCGS.	63	$21,000	07/20/23
	SS Central America: 1857-S Shipwreck $20 PCGS/CAC MS63 (Broken A Box & COA)	63	$6,250	12/07/20
Superior	1857-S $20 Broken A	63	$6,037	01/05/08
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A MS63 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America. Variety 20E. SSCA 3389. This is an earlier die state of the Br	63	$6,325	03/17/07
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A MS63 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America. Variety 20E. SSCA 0222. An early die state with the crossbar o	63	$6,325	03/17/07
Scotsman	1857-S $20 Broken A	63	$5,635	10/20/05
	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, MS62 PCGS. CAC.	62	$7,200	08/16/24
	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, MS62 PCGS.	62	$7,800	07/21/23
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A MS62 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America. Variety 20E. SSCA 1859. The crossbar of the A in STATES is bro	62	$5,462	03/17/07
Scotsman	1857-S $20 Broken A	62	$4,370	07/30/04
	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, AU58 PCGS. CAC.	58	$5,400	01/12/24
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A, Variety 20E, AU58 PCGS. CAC.	58	$5,520	07/14/21
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A AU58 PCGS. Variety 20E. CAC.	58	$5,875	09/06/14
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A AU58 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America	58	$3,910	01/10/04
HA	1857-S $20 MS61 PCGS. Variety 20E.	61	$6,300	01/14/22
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A	61	$4,370	05/31/01
	$20 1857-S 20E BROKEN A. PCGS MS60	60	$5,405	11/15/18
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A AU55 PCGS. Variety 20E. SSCA 2925. The early die state with a sliver of the crossbar intact within the	55	$4,600	02/17/07
Scotsman	1857-S $20 Broken A	55	$1,495	07/30/04
HA	1857-S $20 Broken A MS65 NGC.	65	$10,350	08/03/08
HA	Multiple Coin Lot	66	$121	01/06/93

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