1931 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS No: 9192
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 2,938,250
Proofs:
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 "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8088, illustrated, sold for $24,437.50 From the Conrad Sommers Collection
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
980, illustrated, sold for $25,300.00 From Lester Merkin's sale of October 1966, Lot 544
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet
of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 323,
illustrated, not sold
Choice About
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 1959, plated, sold for $29,325.00 Ex Floyd T. Starr Collection.
Purchased privately from the Berns Antique Shop
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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