Auction Name: 2026 January 14 - 17 FUN US Coins Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 4526

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/1390*4526

1859 P$20 Twenty Dollar, Judd-257, Pollock-305, High R.6, PR64 Brown NGC. Anthony Paquet's seated figure of Liberty faces left supporting a fasces with her right hand and a shield with her left. An eagle with spread wings stands behind the shield. The denomination, 20 DOLLARS, the date, 1859, and the statutory legend, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, appear within a heavy wreath on the reverse that was also created by Paquet. Struck in copper with a reeded edge. Several of the two dozen known examples are gilt. Sharply defined throughout with rich mahogany-brown surfaces that show faint traces of underlying red.
Ex Atlanta Signature (Heritage, 8/2001), lot 8322; Exclusively Internet (Heritage, 11/2001), lot 4688; Exclusively Internet (Heritage, 5/2002), lot 11509; Charles W. Montgomery Estate (Heritage, 11/2023), lot 3274.

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