1914 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 9164, 9211
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 95,250
Proofs: 70
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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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-66's.
Significant examples:
NGC Matte Proof-66. Ex -
Bowers & Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002,
Lot 605, sold along with Proof examples of a 1914 Quarter Eagle, Half Eagle, and
Eagle Eagle for a total of $129,950.00
Proof (illustrated above). Ex
- Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8029, not illustrated, sold for $1,955.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8028, illustrated, sold
for $1,840.00 From the
Conrad Sommers Collection
NGC MS-64. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 960, sold for $1,552.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8027, not illustrated,
sold for $839.50
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of
Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1428, not plated, sold for
$552.00
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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