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1909-S $20 MS66 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:17,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1909-S $20 MS66 PCGS
<B>1909-S $20 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> Gold specialist Roger Burdette, in his research at the National Archives, found that the San Francisco Mint used 13 obverse and 13 reverse dies to strike 2,829,416 double eagles in 1909. He notes that: "Of these, 54,491 (approximately two percent) were rejected by the cadre of lady adjustors who weighed each gold coin. This left a net production of 2,774,925 for commercial use. San Francisco was able to strike an average of 217,647 coins per die pair, or more than nine times the average of the Philadelphia Mint (23,198 per obverse die)."<BR> The current Premium Gem 1909-S possesses radiant luster and attractive peach-gold color augmented by occasional splashes of slightly deeper orange. Excellent strike definition prevails over the design elements, as revealed in the detail visible in Liberty's fingers on both hands as well as on the face and foot, on the Capitol building, and on the eagle's torso feathers. A few light marks in the field above the eagle's head serve to identify the coin. A remarkable example of an issue that proves virtually impossible to find any finer. Population: 6 in 66, 1 finer (11/07).<BR><I>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>)
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