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1927-S $20 St. Gaudens PCGS MS63

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:22,500.00 USD Estimated At:45,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD
1927-S $20 St. Gaudens PCGS MS63
<Our item number 134159><B>1927-S &#36;20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63.</B> Lovely rich golden toning on both sides. Common wisdom has it that many if not most branch mint dates in the 1920s &#40;with the exception of 1923-D&#41; were melted in large numbers in the 1930s, accounting for their scarcity. This is surely true of the rare 1927-S, one of the rarest issues in the Saint-Gaudens series of double eagles. Of the known certified specimens, approximately two dozen have been graded by PCGS as of this writing &#40;late-April&#41;, and smaller same number of higher grades coins have been seen. See below. The vibrant specimen offered in the present lot reveals warm apricot-gold to mustard-gold patina that shifts shades depending on where on the surface it lies; many of the same tints also cover all portions of the reverse. Each side is blended with full frosty luster. What&#39;s more, the design elements are sharply struck throughout. A modicum of low profile bagmarks does not affect the appearance in the least. The eye appeal of this lovely S-Mint specimen is &#34;all there&#34; in the idiom of modern American English. <B>Pop 23; 13 finer; 5 in 64; 5 in 65; 2 in 66; 1 in 67.</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 9188&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;45,000 - 48,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 134159<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/134159.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/134159N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>