1899 $20 --Improperly Cleaned--NGC Details. Proof AU Details....

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PR50 Sharpness 1899 Double Eagle
Lightly Circulated Proof Example

1899 $20 --Improperly Cleaned--NGC Details. Proof AU Details. Only 84 examples of this proof issue were produced, and the appearance of any example at auction is an unusual event. This is an impaired proof that someone tried to improve by cleaning, which has left the fields hairlined, and this piece has a few contact marks and light wear, apparently from brief circulation. Wear shows on the tops of LIBERTY and the coronet, and on the peripheral stars on the obverse. A tiny rim bump appears below star 13 on the obverse. High-point wear also appears on the reverse, the wing tops and scroll ornaments.

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