1904 Prooflike $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle
Stuart
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I'm very pleased to have won this 1904 Prooflike $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle during today's Houston SW Money Show Heritage Auction. 
I decided to bid on this coin based on the minimal contact marks for the grade, and watery deep mirrored fields (especially for Gold) while examining it during the pre-auction viewing. The mirrored fields are not readily discernable from the following auction photos. Both the preservation state and depth of mirrored fields compared favorably with two other higher grade PL's of the same date.
Heritage's following auction description is accurate: "This radiant, sun-gold example is strongly prooflike and displays a razor-sharp strike. Minimal abrasions exist for the Select Uncirculated level, with only wispy field chatter that doesn't detract at all from the overall mirrored appeal."
1904 Prooflike - $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle
The following NGC Certification Verification Photos better depict the reflective prooflike fields of this coin than the above Heritage auction photos.
I decided to bid on this coin based on the minimal contact marks for the grade, and watery deep mirrored fields (especially for Gold) while examining it during the pre-auction viewing. The mirrored fields are not readily discernable from the following auction photos. Both the preservation state and depth of mirrored fields compared favorably with two other higher grade PL's of the same date.
Heritage's following auction description is accurate: "This radiant, sun-gold example is strongly prooflike and displays a razor-sharp strike. Minimal abrasions exist for the Select Uncirculated level, with only wispy field chatter that doesn't detract at all from the overall mirrored appeal."
1904 Prooflike - $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle
The following NGC Certification Verification Photos better depict the reflective prooflike fields of this coin than the above Heritage auction photos.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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