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1909/8 $20 MS64 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1909/8 $20 MS64 PCGS
<B>1909/8 $20 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> This overdate variety was known to the numismatic world almost immediately after it was struck, with the earliest report written by Edgar Adams and published on page 157 of the June 1910 issue of <I>The Numismatist:</B></I> "Overstruck dates are those where the die of one year has been altered to do service for the succeeding one. The last figure in the date is usually gouged out and replaced by the new one, but seldom is this operation conducted so skillfully that traces of it are not left. Of course the reason for this is to save money in the making of the dies, and the practice has by no means been abandoned altogether, for careful scrutiny of the Saint-Gaudens $20 piece of 1909 will reveal traces of what seems to have been the alteration of the figure 8 to 9." Although Adams did not describe the production of this overdate with accuracy as we know the process today, it is important that he discovered the variety so soon after it was struck. This example is a remarkable beauty with sharp design features and exceptional surfaces. Both sides have pristine surfaces with frosty yellow-gold luster and a touch of green coloration, a bit darker on the highpoints. <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>)
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