1906 DOUBLE EAGLE OR
$20 GOLD
PCGS Nos: 9049, 9122
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 69,596
Proofs: 94
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-64. Ex - Bowers
and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27,
2000, Lot 2646, sold for $27,600.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9310,
plated, sold for $2,472.50 From the estate of Harry West
Choice EF. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale", September
12-13, 2000, Lot 1841, sold for $322.00
"Brilliant
Proof". Ex- Stack's 10/1982 - Stack's 12/2003: 1127, $6,000.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 4 PR-65's.
The finest Proof Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-64.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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