20 Dollars, United States, 1851
date: label: date made
content: 1851
name: label: maker
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Longacre, James Barton
label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 20 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1851
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a coronet and facing left. 13 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1851
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest. Scrolls on either side of eagle, ring of 13 stars above eagle's head, rays above stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY D. / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description
content: With the onset of the California Gold Rush, a new coin denomination was authorized - a twenty-dollar gold piece called a double eagle. It depicted the head of Liberty wearing a coronet, surrounded by stars, for the obverse. The reverse bore a heraldic eagle, similar to the Great Seal of the United States.
label: Description
content: Mintage: 2,087,155
label: Description
content: With gold rushing in from California, the production of double eagles soared to a level that would not be exceeded until 1861. A large number of coins were produced, but the vast majority of 1851 double eagles did not survive. Of the coins seen today, most are heavily worn. Examples were found on the S.S. Central America and the S.S. Republic, nearly all of which were circulated. High-grade 1851 double eagles are very rare, with only two dozen coins known in choice condition. The highest-grade 1851 double eagle certified to date has been MS-64
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: United States Double Eagle
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1046.0419
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1046.0419
label: accession number
content: 1984.1046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 mm x 34 mm; 3/32 in x 1 11/32 in