1920-S $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9171
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 558,000
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:
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7599, illustrated, sold for $44,850.00
NGC MS-61. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9381, plated,
sold for $17,825.00 From the Clyde Godfrey Collection
AU-58, faintly cleaned long
ago. Ex – American
Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
828, illustrated, sold for $17,250.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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