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1924-D $20 MS65 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:41,250.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1924-D $20 MS65 NGC
<B>1924-D $20 MS65 NGC.</B></I> While D-mint double eagles dated as late as 1923 were heavily represented in overseas hoards, pieces from 1924 and beyond are considerably less available. Double eagles stored at Philadelphia and (to a much lesser extent) San Francisco were much more accessible for international commerce, and the vast majority of the over 3 million 1924-D twenties coined were melted, having never left the Mint grounds. The Denver issues of later years are just as elusive or more so, including the notoriously unavailable 1927-D.<BR> Of the fraction sent overseas and later repatriated, most are in Mint State grades, but at the low end of the scale; this issue's entry in the NGC <I>Census Report</B></I> shows a handful of examples in various states of About Uncirculated, with larger quantities of MS60 and MS61 pieces. The vast majority fall somewhere between MS62 and MS64. Garrett and Guth (2006) comment about the challenging nature of the issue: "To date, fewer than 1,000 examples have been certified, and a coin grading MS64 is about as nice as a collector can hope to secure."<BR> The representative offered here, however, transcends that limitation. The shining surfaces are predominantly apricot-gold, and the margins offer elements of peach. Pleasingly detailed overall with a touch of weakness at the peripheral stars, suggestive of a modestly worn obverse die. Highly appealing and solid for the grade with no individually mentionable marks. With a combined population of just 16 Gems and only three finer examples certified between NGC and PCGS (1/08), this MS65 piece represents an excellent opportunity to enhance one's first-class collection of Saint-Gaudens gold.<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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