LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2008 Jan. FUN Signature Coin Auction #454  / 

3361

1908-D $20 Motto MS67 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:60,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1908-D $20 Motto MS67 PCGS
<B>1908-D $20 Motto MS67 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: Eliasberg/Duckor. The 1908-D With Motto twenty is more available today that it was a quarter of a century ago, since a repatriated Central American hoard has provided dozens of Mint State examples for collectors. Most of these coins, however, appear in the lower Mint State grades, with Select and Choice as the most readily available designations. Gems are highly elusive for this issue of 349,500 pieces, and anything finer is a condition rarity. As one might imagine, Superb Gems such as the present coin are pursued avidly by the most discerning series enthusiasts.<BR> This is one of a handful of the finest known 1908-D Motto double eagles in existence, a spectacular exemplar that boasts extraordinary visual appeal. The satiny surfaces gleam with a lovely lemon-yellow color, accentuated on the obverse by copper-red highlights around the glory of rays, Liberty's flowing hair, and the central highpoints. The reverse is also a lustrous lemon-yellow, with more muted hints of copper-red centering around the eagle's rear feathers. The strike is boldly brought up, even in areas that are often found weak, such as Liberty's face and torch, her left foot details, and the feathers on the eagle's lower breast. The Capitol, the rock, and the leaves nearby are all incredibly bold. Accuracy requires mention of a couple of minute marks on Liberty's breast, unnoticed without a glass. A prime opportunity to acquire this phenomenally attractive, desirable, and illustriously pedigreed coin. Population: 3 in MS67, 0 finer (11/07).<BR><I>Ex: Eliasberg Collection (Bowers and Ruddy, 10/82), lot 1028, where it brought $10,450; Dr. Steven Duckor.<BR>From The Jacob Collection of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Augustus Saint-Gaudens<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
Sign In to Bookmark Lot