US 1892 deep cameo coin makes $147,000 at Heritage

A US 1892 deep cameo $20 coin has sold for $146,875 at Heritage Auctions.

1892 dollar Heritage

This is one of 4,430 $20 coins produced in the US in 1892

The rare proof coin headlined the Long Beach Coin Expo sale, which ran from February 16-19.

It’s one of around 4,430 strikes of the issue produced that year and one of only 93 recorded proofs. Of those proofs, only between 24 and 28 examples are known to survive across a variety of grades.

The record is $188,000, set for an ultra cameo specimen at Heritage in 2014.  

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