1929 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9190
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,779,750
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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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 979, illustrated, sold for $17,250.00
From Lester Merkin's sale
of October 1966, Lot 543
NGC MS-64. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 991, sold for $14,375.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8087, illustrated, sold for $12,075.00 From the Conrad Sommers Collection
Brilliant Uncirculated.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot
1957, plated, sold for $19,550.00 Ex Floyd T. Starr Collection. Purchased privately on
November 20, 1947
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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