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1923 $20 MS66 PCGS. Ex: Dr. Steven Duckor. Highly lust

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1923 $20 MS66 PCGS. Ex: Dr. Steven Duckor. Highly lust
<B>1923 $20 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: Dr. Steven Duckor. Highly lustrous surfaces with bright orange-gold color and brilliant mint frost, this piece is tied for the finest example that PCGS has certified. Only a few tiny marks on each side have prevented an even higher grade, keeping it from the Superb Gem category. It is a sharply struck piece that presents exceptional eye appeal.<BR> Although this particular date is not often named when Saint-Gaudens rarities are mentioned, it has the sixth lowest mintage of any date produced during the 1920s, and it is a prime condition rarity that is seldom encountered in any Gem grade. NGC and PCGS have certified 36,000 examples of the date, yet only 399 of those coins have been graded MS65 and just three, including this piece, have been certified as MS66 (4/07). All three of the MS66 coins are certified by PCGS, while the best NGC has ever graded is just MS65. In their <I>Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins,</B></I> Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth comment: "Curiously, this date is available for a price in MS-65 grades, but above that, only two now three have been certified by PCGS as MS-66; none have been graded that high by NGC or ANACS. Although preserved in great numbers, finding a gem MS-65 example can be a challenge."<BR> For the connoisseur of the beautiful Saint-Gaudens gold coins, the present example will prove to be an excellent acquisition, and it deserves its rightful place among the finest collections of these coins ever formed.<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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