The $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle was created after vast amounts of gold came pouring out of the hills in the California Gold Rush. Congress quickly created two new coin denominations from the U.S. Mint; the Gold Dollar and $20 Double Eagle, named because it was exactly double of a $10 Eagle, but more of a Bankers Coin intended for larger transactions. Designed by James B. Longacre, the fourth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint, the obverse bears the bust of Liberty facing left wearing a coronet inscribed with her name “Liberty,” amid a circle of 13 stars. The reverse features a facing American eagle with a large Union shield across its breast, clutching an olive branch and arrows in its claws, with a glory of rays and an elliptical constellation of 13 stars above. There are three types of Double Eagles; Type 1 (1849-1866), Without a motto on the reverse. Type 2 (1866-1876), With motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” added in the oval of stars above the eagle. And Type 3 (1877-1907), “TWENTY D” was replaced by “TWENTY DOLLARS.” Double Eagle Liberty Gold Coins were minted during an era that defined our nation and are history in your hands.
FMV Prices for Rare Coin Price Guide last updated 03/05/2021
| Array | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty TI No Motto | |||||
| Liberty TI N/M Type |  $4,690 |
$7,740 |
$8,190 |
$9,820 |
$14,510 |
| 1849 (one minted) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1850 | $25,350 |  $40,630 |
$65,480 |
$119,480 |
$243,000 |
| 1850 O | $86,450 |
-- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1851 | $8,410 |
$15,310 |
$29,030 | $44,210 | -- |
| 1851 O | $39,650 |
$56,550 |
$76,280 | -- | -- |
| 1852 | $5,840 |
$12,810 |
$26,330 |
$51,980 | -- |
| 1852 O | $48,130 | $79,950 |
$105,980 |
-- | $330,750 |
| 1853 | $8,280 |
$16,900 | $33,750 | $56,030 | $175,500 |
| 1853/2 | $29,380 |
$73,580 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1853 O | $46,880 | $65,480 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1854 Sm Date | $11,440 |
$19,180 | $30,710 | $50,630 | -- |
| 1854 O | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1854 S | $30,440 | $39,000 | $56,880 |
$72,230 |
$116,780 |
| 1855 | $13,560 |
$20,800 |
$57,380 | -- | -- |
| 1855 O | $137,500 |
-- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1855 S | $8,940 |
$17,500 |
$29,580 |
$44,890 | -- |
| 1856 | $12,810 |
$25,030 | $43,880 | -- | -- |
| 1856 O | $687,500 | $825,500 | $1,417,500 | -- | -- |
| 1856 S | $6,690 |
$13,330 | $19,910 |
$30,750 |
$43,880 |
| 1857 | $8,030 |
$17,360 |
$33,410 | $52,000 | -- |
| 1857 O | $71,880 | $162,500 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1857 S | $6,030 | $7,440 |
$8,190 |
$9,440 |
$14,510 |
| 1858 | $13,440 | $25,810 |
$46,910 | -- | -- |
| 1858 O | $61,880 |
$90,350 | $178,880 | -- | -- |
| 1858 S | $11,280 |
$21,910 |
$43,880 | -- | -- |
| 1859 | $48,750 | $70,850 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1859 O | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| $20 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1859 S | $20,630 |
$26,000 |
$50,630 | -- | -- |
| 1860 | $8,030 |
$10,780 |
$23,130 |
$60,080 | $114,750 |
| 1860 O | $168,750 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1860 S | $12,090 |
$22,430 |
$29,030 | -- | -- |
| 1861 | $4,690 |
$7,440 |
$19,580 |
$27,340 | $57,380 |
| 1861 O | $240,500 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1861 S | $20,310 |
$30,310 |
$42,530 | -- | -- |
| 1861 S Paquet Rev. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1862 | $45,940 | $60,450 | $89,780 |
$110,030 |
-- |
| 1862 S | $18,130 |
$34,780 | $49,280 | -- | -- |
| 1863 | $31,880 | $59,150 |
$80,330 |
$104,630 |
-- |
| 1863 S | $10,190 |
$21,130 |
$39,150 |
$53,330 | -- |
| 1864 | $24,380 | $43,550 | $79,950 |
$162,000 |
$364,000 |
| 1864 S | $12,810 |
$25,680 |
$38,140 |
$58,730 | $111,380 |
| 1865 | $8,910 | $15,810 |
$18,850 |
$25,810 |
$84,380 |
| 1865 S | $7,660 |
$11,510 |
$20,590 |
$25,350 |
$33,150 |
| 1866 S No Motto | $231,250 | $325,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| Liberty TII W/Motto | |||||
| Liberty TII W/M Type | $2,740 |
$2,970 |
$5,370 |
$33,150 |
$156,000 |
| 1866 | $11,060 |
$30,850 |
$62,780 |
-- | -- |
| 1866 S With Motto | $15,310 |
$43,540 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1867 | $5,780 |
$9,380 |
$33,080 |
-- | -- |
| 1867 S | $17,880 |
$38,810 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1868 | $29,360 |
$38,350 | $51,980 | -- | -- |
| 1868 S | $9,530 |
$34,900 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1869 | $18,530 |
$25,990 |
$38,480 |
$85,730 | $260,000 |
| 1869 S | $6,310 |
$22,070 |
$40,630 |
$76,280 | -- |
| 1870 | $15,730 |
$31,850 |
$60,780 | -- | -- |
| 1870 CC | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1870 S | $8,160 |
$22,610 |
$66,830 |
-- | -- |
| $20 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1871 | $14,300 |
$31,390 |
$42,580 | $86,130 |
-- |
| 1871 CC | $139,750 | $175,500 | $303,750 | $422,500 | -- |
| 1871 S | $4,810 |
$12,030 |
$23,630 | $52,310 | -- |
| 1872 | $6,780 |
$15,190 |
$33,410 | $83,030 | -- |
| 1872 CC | $100,240 |
$162,500 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1872 S | $4,220 |
$15,190 |
$30,580 | $60,410 |
-- |
| 1873 Closed 3 | $5,660 | $13,330 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1873 Open 3 | $2,740 |
$2,970 |
$5,370 |
$33,150 |
$162,000 |
| 1873 CC | $78,980 |
$93,830 |
$128,250 | -- | -- |
| 1873 S Closed 3 | $3,320 |
$8,880 |
$21,400 |
-- | -- |
| 1873 S Open 3 | $13,060 |
$31,390 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1874 | $3,030 |
$10,160 |
$28,690 | $54,000 | -- |
| 1874 CC | $43,880 |
$84,380 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1874 S | $2,740 |
$5,160 |
$36,790 |
-- | -- |
| 1875 | $2,740 |
$3,160 |
$6,700 |
$45,830 | -- |
| 1875 CC | $11,680 |
$20,050 |
$42,730 |
$73,580 | -- |
| 1875 S | $2,740 |
$3,350 |
$13,460 |
$42,530 |
-- |
| 1876 | $2,740 |
$3,410 |
$9,150 |
$56,030 | -- |
| 1876 CC | $12,810 |
$25,310 |
$39,830 | -- | -- |
| 1876 S | $2,740 |
$2,970 |
$7,500 |
$41,560 |
$172,250 |
| Liberty TIII | |||||
| Liberty TIII Type | $2,390 |
$2,430 |
$2,480 |
$3,040 |
$4,790 |
| 1877 | $2,750 |
$3,710 |
$14,850 | $35,780 | -- |
| 1877 CC | $42,580 |
$83,850 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1877 S | $2,750 |
$4,420 |
$13,650 |
$24,980 | -- |
| 1878 | $2,550 |
$2,990 |
$11,990 |
$33,080 | -- |
| 1878 CC | $70,530 |
$83,850 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1878 S | $2,550 |
$4,090 |
$16,560 |
$41,250 |
-- |
| 1879 | $3,060 | $6,080 |
$24,640 | $27,950 |
$60,130 |
| 1879 CC | $73,450 |
$109,850 | -- | -- | -- |
| $20 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1879 O | $162,500 | $175,500 | $209,250 | -- | -- |
| 1879 S | $3,310 |
$10,910 |
$35,750 |
-- | -- |
| 1880 | $15,600 |
$20,480 | $24,980 | -- | -- |
| 1880 S | $3,660 |
$6,790 |
$23,440 |
$41,600 | $76,280 |
| 1881 | $172,250 |
$186,550 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1881 S | $2,550 |
$6,760 | $22,560 |
-- | -- |
| 1882 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1882 CC | $19,910 |
$35,780 |
$99,450 |
-- | -- |
| 1882 S | $2,550 |
$2,910 |
$10,820 |
$30,550 |
-- |
| 1883 Proof Only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1883 CC | $10,730 |
$27,470 |
$37,380 | -- | -- |
| 1883 S | $2,550 |
$2,880 |
$4,130 |
$16,880 |
-- |
| 1884 Proof Only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1884 CC | $10,730 |
$15,190 |
$42,250 | -- | -- |
| 1884 S | $2,550 |
$2,600 |
$3,440 |
$16,250 | $47,590 |
| 1885 | $107,250 |
$122,850 |
$148,500 |
-- | -- |
| 1885 CC | $50,960 |
$83,030 |
$99,230 | -- | -- |
| 1885 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$3,090 |
$8,660 |
$70,880 |
| 1886 | $146,250 | $162,500 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1887 Proof Only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1887 S | $2,530 |
$3,410 |
$10,590 |
$33,080 | $47,250 |
| 1888 | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$11,810 | $18,560 |
$37,130 |
| 1888 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$3,160 |
$11,510 |
$31,850 |
| 1889 | $2,530 |
$4,190 | $15,540 |
$22,280 | -- |
| 1889 CC | $17,890 |
$29,360 |
$38,030 | $53,330 | -- |
| 1889 S | $2,530 |
$2,880 |
$3,030 |
$7,970 |
$27,190 |
| 1890 | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$6,690 |
$25,990 | $38,480 |
| 1890 CC | $9,650 |
$18,290 |
$44,850 | $58,500 | -- |
| 1890 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$4,060 |
$11,470 |
$29,320 |
| 1891 | $83,850 | $96,880 | $126,230 | $175,500 | -- |
| $20 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1891 CC | $60,080 |
$72,560 |
$83,030 | -- | -- |
| 1891 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$2,750 |
$4,250 |
-- |
| 1892 | $29,560 | $43,550 |
$47,450 |
$61,760 | $69,530 |
| 1892 CC | $15,860 |
$33,080 |
$53,330 |
-- | -- |
| 1892 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$2,810 |
$6,530 |
$22,810 |
| 1893 | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$2,730 |
$4,940 |
-- |
| 1893 CC | $14,610 |
$22,070 |
$50,630 | $65,480 | -- |
| 1893 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$2,810 | $7,280 |
$42,250 |
| 1894 | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$4,130 |
$29,900 |
| 1894 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,910 |
$23,400 |
| 1895 | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,250 |
$15,730 |
| 1895 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$4,160 |
$21,400 |
| 1896 | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,840 |
$21,600 |
| 1896 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,780 |
$32,740 |
| 1897 | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,250 |
$21,940 |
| 1897 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,910 |
$3,560 |
$16,450 |
| 1898 | $2,430 |
$2,580 |
$3,690 |
$11,410 |
-- |
| 1898 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,750 |
$3,310 |
$6,030 |
| 1899 | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,840 |
$3,440 |
$6,780 |
| 1899 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,250 |
$21,940 |
| 1900 | $2,390 |
$2,430 |
$2,520 |
$3,040 |
$4,620 |
| 1900 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$4,780 |
$23,730 |
| 1901 | $2,390 |
$2,430 |
$2,710 |
$3,250 |
$4,790 |
| 1901 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$5,630 |
$23,960 |
| 1902 | $2,840 | $4,440 |
$9,530 | $31,730 | $57,380 |
| 1902 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$9,920 | $30,230 |
| 1903 | $2,390 |
$2,430 |
$2,480 |
$3,040 |
$4,620 |
| 1903 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,480 |
$15,410 |
| 1904 | $2,390 |
$2,430 |
$2,480 |
$3,040 |
$4,620 |
| 1904 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$3,040 |
$4,440 |
| $20 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1905 | $2,780 |
$4,970 | $9,660 |
$30,550 | $62,780 |
| 1905 S | $2,530 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$4,940 |
$21,260 |
| 1906 | $2,910 | $3,720 |
$5,720 |
$16,250 |
$32,400 |
| 1906 D | $2,430 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$4,590 |
$16,450 |
| 1906 S | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,630 |
$4,490 |
$20,480 |
| 1907 | $2,390 |
$2,430 |
$2,480 |
$3,040 |
$8,610 |
| 1907 D | $2,390 |
$2,580 |
$2,730 |
$3,590 |
$6,080 |
| 1907 S | $2,430 |
$2,580 |
$2,730 |
$4,060 |
$18,020 |