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HBCC #6129 – 1876 Double Eagle – Obverse HBCC #6129 – 1876 Double Eagle – Reverse
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1876 Double Eagle

HBCC#:
6129
Breen#:
n/a
BD#:
n/a
Judd#:
1491
Pollock#:
1644

This pattern issue is related to HBCC-6128 and features the obverse and reverse designs of regular issue double eagles first minted in 1877. The reverse has the denomination spelled out as TWENTY DOLLARS. This is a rarity, with just four or five examples known in copper and one in gold. This example was incorrectly recorded by Andrew Pollock as his number 1646.

Provenance:
From Abner Kreisberg's sale of November 30, 1970, Lot 1345.
Obverse:
From the slightly modified die which saw use for the regular-issue double eagles of 1877 and later.
Reverse:
From the standard die for the regular-issue double eagles of 1877 and later, with the denomination expressed as TWENTY DOLLARS.
Commentary:
"Double Eagle. Variety II."