1916-S $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9169
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 796,000
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: None (for
Philadelphia) above the date)
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Recent appearances:
NGC MS-65. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8041, not illustrated, sold for $1,265.00
IGC MS-65. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2695, sold for $1,265.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 965, sold for $1,610.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8040, not illustrated,
sold for $891.25 From the
Conrad Sommers Collection
MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 967, not
illustrated, sold for $1,955.00 From
Stack's sale of the Garrett Collection, March 1976, Lot 388
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 966, sold for $575.00
Gem Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 1933, not plated, sold for $1,610.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 55 MS-66's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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