1910 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 9154, 9207
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 482,000
Proofs: 167
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: None (for Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania) above the date)
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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above). ex
- Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-64. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot
600, sold along with Proof examples of a 1910 Quarter Eagle and Half Eagle
Eagle for a total of $63,250.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8009, not illustrated, sold for $1,610.00 From the Conrad Sommers Collection
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2679, sold for $977.50
NGC MS-63. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 1251, sold
for $437.00
NGC MS-63. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 949, sold for $460.00
NGC MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1477, not illustrated, not sold
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September
Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1858, sold for $517.50
Choice Roman Finish
Proof. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19,
2000, Lot 1926, plated, sold for $14,950.00 "The United States Mint substituted the Roman finish
after collector complaints about the 'ugly' Matte Proofs that were issued in
1908. This process was used until 1911 when the Mint returned to the
Matte Proof finish"
Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19,
2000, Lot 1927, not plated, sold for $460.00
MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s
"The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 1252, sold for
$339.00
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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