“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."
Nice prooflike double eagle! The 1898-S $20 is tied with the 1904-$ $20 as the second most available double eagle with the prooflike designation well behind the 1904 $20. However even as a more available date/mint, it is far from common as examples designated as prooflike represent less than 1% of the graded population at NGC. I have found that NGC is often conservative when grading prooflike gold.
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
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