1857-S $20 Lib. Gold S.S. Cen Am. MS-64 PCGS CAC (Spiked Shield)

• Struck in .900 fine Gold.
• Authenticated and graded MS-64 by PCGS.
• CAC certified to ensure the grade of the coin!
• SSCA 3472.
• Designed by James B. Longacre.
• Obverse: Depicts a bust of Liberty with 13 stars around the perimeter. The date is at the bottom.
• Reverse: Features an eagle with its wings spread and a shield in front of its breast. The mint mark is located just above the denomination.
• This coin is Type-1 as the denomination is abbreviated “TWENTY D.”.
• This coin was minted in San Francisco and carries the “S” mint mark.

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S.S. Central America:

The S.S. Central America was a sidewheel paddle steamboat that sailed between various countries in Central America and New York and other ports on the East Coast of the US. During a hurricane the ship sunk and 420 passengers and crew went down with the ship. The ship also lost over 30,000 pounds of Gold coins and bars.

Own a piece of the California Gold rush known today as “America’s Lost Treasure”. It is part of the coins minted in San Francisco then put on the ill-fated S.S. Central America which set sail for New York City. The ship encountered a fierce hurricane off the East coast, sunk and remained beneath the Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas for the next 130 years.