1878 Liberty Head Double Eagle
Circulation Mintage: 543,625
Estimated Survivors: 500-800 Coins in Mint State
Obverse Text: 1878 | LIBERTY
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | TWENTY DOLLARS | IN GOD WE TRUST | E PLURIBUS UNUM
The circulation strike mintage for this issue is 543,625 pieces, and portions of the mintage were used in international trade, accounting for many of the Mint State examples in today's market. We estimate that 500 to 800 or more Uncirculated coins are extant, the majority of those being MS-60 to MS-62. In MS-63 the population thins quickly, and very few examples exist finer than that.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the March 2018 Baltimore Auction, where it realized $52,800.
