1921 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9172
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 528,500
Proofs: 1
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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Significant examples:
"Roman-finish presentation
strike." Ex - Raymond T. Baker (director of the Mint in 1921) -
Joseph Baker - Sotheby's auction, June 27, 2000.
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 968, illustrated, sold for $66,700.00
Purchased from
Numismatics, Ltd., March 14, 1973
NGC MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7600, illustrated, sold for $44,275.00
PCGS MS-60. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 968, sold for $26,450.00
Choice About Uncirculated, if
not slightly finer. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1934, plated, unsold Ex Floyd T. Starr Collection.
Purchased in B. Max Mehl's sale of the Jerome Kern Collection, May 30, 1950,
lot 639
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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