SOLD – $20.00 – 1889-S PCGS MS63 CAC
SOLD – $20.00 – 1889-S PCGS MS63 CAC
Serial Number 9012.63/27850456
PCGS Lookup Number 9012
The rarity profile of this date is similar to many of the Type Three double eagles made at the San Francisco mint in the late 1880′s: it is common in MS60 to MS62, scarce in properly graded MS63 and rare in MS64 and above. Only 13 examples of the 1889-S have been graded higher than this at PCGS and Trends in MS64 is a solid $21,500.
This is a choice, appealing example with very clean surfaces and rich orange-gold color which can be seen on both the obverse and the reverse. The strike is excellent and this is a very attractive coin for the grade.
No PCGS MS63 with CAC approval has ever sold at auction. The last three non-CAC PCGS MS63′s brought $4,935, $5,031 and $5,141 respectively.
The last PCGS MS64 1889-S, a non-CAC coin, sold for $15,275 in Heritage’s 4/13 auction. Personally, I’d rather own this nice MS63 at around a third of the price and save my money for other rarities in the Type Three series
