1923-D $20. St. Gauden’s MS-64
For sale this week is another nice PCGS MS-64 ST. GAUDENS $20 DOUBLE EAGLE. This coin is well struck, has Sharp details, with BRILLIANT" LUSTER evident on Obverse and Reverse sides. With GOLD on the "Rise" and still a good buy, time to get yours. Perfect for collector's looking for this style of coin. It will be a welcome addition to your collection. I’ve started with a low starting price and No Reserve.
The Item pictured is the Actual one you will receive. The Photography is not the best.Dark shaded areas and Red Spots are due to the Camera Angle Shots. Please feel free to e-mail with any additional questions, or if you want "Chat Online" (week-ends Only) using MSN or Yahoo, Prior to Bidding.
Current Value for this Grade Coin Trends at: $1,275.00 !
SAINT GAUDENS TWENTY DOLLARS OR
DOUBLE EAGLE (1907-1933)
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt summoned his personal friend, famed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and confided what he called his “pet crime”: to redesign the country’s coinage in the likeness of the coins of ancient Greece, the birthplace of democracy. Although in failing health, Saint-Gaudens rose to what would become his last challenge, producing a stunning design that many consider to be the most beautiful coin ever produced.
Offered several choices by Saint-Gaudens, Teddy Roosevelt personally selected the so-called “High Relief” design. The obverse features the image of Miss Liberty striving gloriously into the future; the reverse features the majestic Flying Eagle. It is called “high-relief” because the devices are raised to an unusual height above the fields, which are excessively concave. During March and April of 1907, some 24 “Proof” specimens were struck of this Saint-Gaudens High Relief design. Each coin required an amazing nine blows of the dies to strike up the design in full detail! Sadly, Saint-Gaudens died on August 3, 1907, without seeing his magnificent coin enter into circulation.
In November of 1907, production of “regular issue” High Relief $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coins began. Some 11,250 coins were struck, but with great difficulty, for each coin required five blows from the press to raise the design into acceptable relief. In addition, bankers complained that these new coins, when placed in traditional bankers' stacks of twenty, wobbled and fell over! So practicality won out over aesthetics. The Saint Gaudens design was altered by Charles Barber into a “flat relief” version, and coin production resumed in earnest. The first Barber-redesigned Saints were struck with 1907 and 1908 dates. As one would expect, the original 1907 High Relief $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coins immediately became prized as collector’s items.
No Motto vs. With Motto
In 1866, Congress had passed a law requiring the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” to appear on all U.S. coinage large enough to accommodate it. Roosevelt, however, believed it was sacrilegious to have the word “God” appear on money, which could be gambled with, or thrown on the ground, or used for immoral transactions. He therefore ordered the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle to omit the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST.” Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles struck in 1907 are therefore “without motto,” as are some struck in 1908.
In 1908, Congress over-ruled Roosevelt, upholding the “with motto” law. The issue became a political hot potato for Roosevelt. Ironically, he had to be careful about being portrayed as an atheist for supporting the motto’s omission! Production of Saints, now “with motto,” resumed in 1908 and continued until 1933. Struck mostly in Philadelphia, $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coins were also produced in limited quantities during some years at the Denver and San Francisco mints.
In 1933, during the height of the Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt outlawed private ownership of gold by U.S. citizens. Gold coins were recalled from circulation, and the production of new U.S. gold coins was ended. While Saints dated 1933 were minted, they were never officially released. Mysteriously, it is believed up to ten of the banned 1933 Saints were somehow removed from guarded mint bags and replaced by earlier dated coins. As you might expect, these 1933 Saints are now worth a fortune. But before you run out and buy one for your collection, remember this: it remains against the law to possess these contraband 1933 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles, subject to confiscation and prosecution.
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Design Specifications |
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Designer: |
Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
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Gross Weight: |
33.346 grams |
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Net Weight: |
.96750 oz. pure gold |
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Composition: |
.900 gold, .100 copper |
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Diameter: |
34 mm, reeded edge. |
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Winning Item
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Same-Like Item
Slabbed / Small Box / or Case |
Same-Like Item
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No Box /or Case |
*USPS
Insurance
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$ 0.00 - 10. |
$ 1.75 |
$ 1.25 |
$ 1.35 |
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$ 10.01 - 25. |
$ 2.00 |
$ 1.75 |
$ 1.35 |
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$ 25.01 - 50. |
$ 2.25 |
$ 2.00 |
$ 1.35 |
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$ 50.01 - 100. |
$ 2.50 |
$ 2.25 |
$ 2.30 |
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$ 100.01 - 200. |
$ 3.00 |
$ 2.50 |
$ 3.35 |
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$ 200.01 - 300. |
$ 3.25 |
$ 2.75 |
$ 4.40 |
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$ 300.01 - 400. |
$ 3.50 |
$ 3.00 |
$ 5.45 |
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$ 400.01 - 500. |
$ 3.95 |
$ 3.50 |
$ 6.50 |
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$ 500.01 - 600. |
$ 4.95 |
$ 4.95 |
$ 7.55 |
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$ 600.01 - 700. |
$ 5.95 |
$ 5.95 |
$ 8.60 |
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$ 700.01 - 1000. |
$ 6.95 |
$ 6.95 |
** See Note |
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$1000.01 - 5000. |
$ E-Mail |
$ E-Mail |
** See Note |
** ADD $1.05 for each $100.00 Value increment in Desired Coverage.
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