1865 Twenty Dollar ($20), Judd-452, Pollock-524

1865 Twenty Dollar ($20), Judd-452, Pollock-524

1865 Twenty Dollar ($20), Judd-452, Pollock-524 on eBay

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The obverse is the regular die with the head of Liberty facing left wearing a beaded coronet inscribed LIBERTY. The head is surrounded by 13 stars; below the bust is the date, 1865. The reverse is the regular die adopted in 1866. The central device is an eagle with a shield on its breast, three arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right. An ornate scroll to the left of the shield is inscribed E PLURIBUS while a similar scroll to the right is inscribed UNUM. Above the eagle's head are rays and an oval of 13 stars enclosing the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is near the border and TWENTY D. is below the eagle. The edge is reeded.

There are only two specimens of this transitional double eagle pattern, the one first offered in the Mason and Company sale of June, 1870 and the one in the Mint Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

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1865 Twenty Dollar ($20), Judd-452, Pollock-524 Pattern Coins on eBay

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