1863-S Double Eagle
NGC Graded MS-64

5055557-012

While most of the nation saw few if any gold coins after 1861 and for the next 17 years, the inflated, hard-money economy of the West remained on a gold and silver basis. Thus, production of gold coins at the San Francisco Mint did not experience the declines typical of Philadelphia's Mint during this decade.

While 'S' Mint double eagles were made in fairly large numbers, there were no collectors of these pieces at the time, and only a handful of uncirculated pieces have survived by merest chance. Among these precious survivors are the coins recently recovered from the wreck of SS Republic. This glorious 1863-S twenty is among the very finest of these coins. Not only are its surfaces amazingly pristine, the luster of this piece is simply incredible. Deeply frosty, it almost seems to glow under the light. So pretty is this rare coin that NGC has awarded it the company's star designation for outstanding eye appeal.

Numismatic Conservation Services and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation have been awarded the exclusive contract to conserve and grade the thousands of coins being recovered from the 1865 shipwreck of S. S. Republic. These gold and silver coins are being brought to the surface by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. of Tampa, Florida. Some of the highlights from this ongoing operation are featured here to showcase the work performed by NCS to professionally conserve these treasures and by NGC to certify and encapsulate them for longterm preservation.

CONSULT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COINS AND THE WRECK OF THE S.S. REPUBLIC::

shipwreck.net
www.ngccoin.com
www.ncscoin.com
www.kagins.com
www.money.org

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) rating for "outstanding eye appeal"