1866 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Motto. AU-58 (PCGS).

1866 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Motto. AU-58 (PCGS).，A fully original, honey-gold and pale rose example that also sports sharp to full striking detail throughout the design. Ample luster remains to further tempt the quality conscious gold collector. The first year of the Type II design with the addition of the motto IN GOD WE TRUST on the reverse, the post-Civil War economy was still quite tenuous when the Philadelphia Mint struck 698,745 double eagles in 1866. The entire issue entered circulation with little fanfare and were subject to hoarding or were used for overseas payments where specie was the preferred medium of exchange, a situation that would persist well into the 1870s. Even though a few thousand survivors are thought extant, almost all of these are in lower circulated grade levels. Popular as the first year for the type, here is a desirable and appealing AU example for the double eagle connoisseur.，，