1908-S $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9149
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 22,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
(modified by Charles E. Barber)
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: |******E|*PLURIBUS*|UNUM*****
Mintmark: "S" (for San
Francisco, CA) above the date)
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-66 (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries'
"The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot
942, plated, unsold
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7585, illustrated, sold for $12,075.00
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9357, plated,
sold for $4,255.00
ANACS MS-60. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7584,
illustrated, not sold
PCGS MS-60. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8002, illustrated, sold
for $5,635.00 From the
Conrad Sommers Collection
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2673, sold for $862.50
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-67's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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