Stack’s Bowers Galleries to offer Hendricks Set of $20 Double Eagles from the Fairmont Collection in their Spring 2022 Auction

Costa Mesa, CA — Stack’s Bowers Galleries is thrilled to announce the incredible Hendricks Set of $20 Double Eagles from the Fairmont Collection, a landmark feature of their Spring 2022 Showcase Auction. Spanning the Liberty Head and Saint-Gaudens series from 1850 through 1927, the double eagles from the Hendricks Set exhibit the superior quality and completeness that has become a hallmark of the Fairmont provenance. It is ranked as the #2 Current and All-Time Finest PCGS Registry Set in the Liberty Head $20 Gold Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1850-1907) – CAC category and the #2 Current and #5 All-Time Finest set in the Liberty Head $20 Gold with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1850-1907) category.

The Hendricks Set features an impressive display of Condition Census quality examples, and when this cabinet crosses the auction block for the first time in April, it is sure to generate tremendous excitement. Highlights include a Condition Census PCGS MS-61 1857-O, an astounding PCGS EF-45 1870-CC rarity that is unknown in Mint State, a near-Mint PCGS AU-58 1879-O, and PCGS MS-63 examples of the rare 1882-CC and 1885-CC. The Saint-Gaudens series is headlined by a superior PCGS MS-64 1927-S.

These $20 double eagles will be accompanied in the firm’s Spring 2022 Auction by similarly exceptional selections of $5 half eagles and $10 eagles from the Hendricks Set. These other denominations offer an equal level of completeness and quality, and rank among the top PCGS Registry Sets in their respective categories. As with prior offerings from the Fairmont Collection, the Hendricks Set of $5, $10, and $20 coins are distinguished by incredible originality and eye appeal, and several price records are sure to be set when they are sold by Stack’s Bowers Galleries on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

The Fairmont Collection — Hendricks Set is now available for viewing and bidding on the firm’s website. For more information about the Hendricks Set of U.S. Gold Coins from the Fairmont Collection or to register for bidding in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Spring 2022 Showcase Auction, contact the firm today by email at  or by telephone at 800-458-4646.

About Stack’s Bowers Galleries

Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet, and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and banknotes as well as ancient coins and direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company’s 85-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and banknote collections include The Pinnacle Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, and The Thos. H. Law Collection.

The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with offices in New York, Philadelphia, Wolfeboro, Hong Kong, and Paris. Stack’s Bowers Galleries is an Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic conventions, including American Numismatic Association events; the New York International Numismatic Convention; the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer, and Winter Expos; and its April and August Hong Kong Auctions.

Press release courtesy of the Professional Coin Grading Service.

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