1927-S $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9188
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,107,000
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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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-66. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 931,
illustrated, sold for $97,750.00
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7616, illustrated, not sold
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 977,
illustrated, sold for $20,700.00 Purchased
from Cohen-Messer, August 10, 1972; reoffered from Part III of the Bass
Collection, May 2000, Lot 920
NGC MS-61. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000
Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8084, illustrated, sold for
$13,225.00 From the Conrad
Sommers Collection
ANACS MS-61. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot
9408, plated, sold for $8,452.50 Ex: Edmonton Sale (Bowers and
Merena 3/93), lot 1455
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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