1922 St. Gaudens Gold Double Eagle, $20 PCGS MS 65 - Lustrous, PQ+
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This is a PCGS Graded Coin. You will receive the pictured coin. You are Buying a 1922 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle graded MS65 by PCGS. This example displays deeply lustrous and nearly mark-free surfaces, with is suggestive of a higher grade. The 1922 marks the beginning of an amazing run of eight years of high production double eagles. During this period, the mints struck more than 66% of the twenty dollar coins made over the design life of 27 years. The 1922 is not an absolute rarity since many escaped melting and may have been part of the initial Dawes Plan loan to Germany in 1924. However, it is an absolute rarity, a claim easily backed up by a quick glance at the census data. PCGS shows a population for the 1922 in MS64 of 11,311 pieces, which drops to 1,663 coins in MS65, but then further drops to a mere 17 coins in MS66, and none are finer (6/24). This is an excellent coin to add to your collection.
Coin Features:
PGCS graded MS65
Known as a Saint Gaudens Double Eagle
Obverse: Forward Facing Liberty Bearing an Olive Branch and Torch Over Rays & White House. Stars Around the Rim
Reverse: Eagle Flying Left Over Sun with Rays. Top United States of America-Twenty Dollars. Motto In God We Trust
Saint Gaudens $20 Gold Double Eagle (1907-1933) Popular 20th Century coin. Many dates are rare due to the 1933 recall and end of the Gold Standard. Most Examples that survived were either kept by private collectors or stored in banks. They have been a favorite of investors and collectors for decades. The Saint Gaudens $20 Gold Double Eagle was designed by America's foremost Sculpture at the time and was part of an initiative to create a series of coins that could rival European coins at the time. The 1907 high relief design was the closest to the design presented by the sculptor and was later reproduced with a shallower version used till the series was ended in 1933. Early designs had the motto 'IN GOD WE TRUST' removed at the insistence of then President Theodore Roosevelt who felt it was sacrilegious. Ironically this was the opposite of what most Americans at the time felt who demanded it be restored to the coins in 1908 creating with and without motto versions.
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