1905 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 9047, 9121
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 58,919
Proofs: 92
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
ex - Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-55. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7977, illustrated, sold for $3,910.00 Previously offered in May 2000 Central
States Sale, lot 7897
AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5733, illustrated, sold for $833.75
ANACS AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet
of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 401, not
illustrated, sold for $488.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 7 MS-64's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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