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Lot 0525 1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No Motto PCGS MS66

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150,000.00 USD
Lot 0525 1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No Motto PCGS MS66
A satiny gem with dynamic cartwheel luster and rich champagne gold to reddish patina as though it were just released from an original bag mere seconds ago!

Of all the different gold hoards bought in Europe, Asia, America, and elsewhere, this group of 1908 twenties is the most fascinating and without question the highest quality group ever sold. Approximately 19,000 pieces were in the hoard, all of them the same No Motto issue of 1908! Many graded at the MS66, 67 and higher level, with over 200 pieces in MS68 according to the distributor of the hoard. The group remained in storage since 1917 (the dates printed on the original bank bags in which they were stored)! Because they remained uncleaned and fresh, they are today popular extras to collecting the double eagle series of gold coins. The name "Wells Fargo" was a ploy for advertising the hoard since they were stored for a time in a Wells Fargo Bank in Nevada, whose name has since been tenuously attached to the hoard by PCGS's inclusion of the title on the holders.