Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 13

The Benson Collection of U.S. Coins, Part 2

$20 St. Gaudens

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2225		1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, Roman numerals, wire rim. PCGS graded MS-64. A beautiful example of this, our most popular coin. Remember this is fairly close to the way St. Gauden's wanted his coin to look, with the medallic strike and mile high devices. Great color, strike and luster throughout. With a shadow bit of toning near the eagle's head in the field. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,375
Lot 2226		1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, Roman numerals, wire rim. PCGS graded MS-62. Ever popular for the regal design which is closest to the original St. Gaudens concept (aside from the prohibitively rare and expensive ultra high reliefs). Each coin was struck seven to nine times in order to bring up the design elements, and relatively few were struck before the high relief design was drastically reduced. A few signs of contact, but quite nice for the moderate grade. Still in an old green insert PCGS holder. Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,775
Lot 2227		1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, Roman numerals, wire rim. MS-60+. This one has been cleaned in the past as we note traces of residue in the drapery folds on Liberty. Along the upper reverse rim, many letters show doubling from the multiple strikes required to bring up the high relief of the design. A few minor marks are noted along the rims, possibly where the delicate wire edge was removed. These coins were struck, and handled by countless collectors over the years, and despite all precautions, few are found in near perfect condition. This one is perfect for the collector who wants to be able to handle such a coin, and show it off on a velvet tray. Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,325
Lot 2228		1907 $20 St. Gaudens. Flat relief, Arabic numerals. PCGS graded MS-65. About as nice as this date is usually found, with the recent PCGS Population Report showing 940 graded this high, but just 89 higher. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898
Lot 2229		1907 $20 St. Gaudens. Flat relief, Arabic numerals. PCGS graded MS-63. A choice example of this first year of issue. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2230		1907 $20 St. Gaudens. Flat relief, Arabic numerals. AU-50. Softly struck down the centers and having a number of marks on both sides. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2231		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. PCGS graded MS-64. A few scuffs from a higher grade, but nice luster and color. Estimated Value $350 - 375. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2232		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. MS-60. Satiny but dull luster. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2233		1908-D $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. MS-61. Discolored on the high points from stacking. Nice color and luster. Only normal, small marks. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $357
Lot 2234		1909 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Average luster and a few ticks on Liberty's face. This is a scarce date and one that should considered by date collectors. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,668
Lot 2235		1909-S $20 St. Gaudens. MS-61. Bright with luster but showing quite a few abrasions on both sides. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2236		1909-S $20 St. Gaudens. MS-60. Flashy and nice in appearance, but there is a faint obverse scratch from the branch end to the rim below. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $357
Lot 2237		1910 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-60. Nice save for a couple of tiny rim ticks on the obverse. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $357
Lot 2238		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-65. Far above average for this date, the surfaces are very clean and Liberty's face retains her lovely features. No significant bagmarks to distract the eye. One for the date collector. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 2239		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Clean surfaces for the grade, and good luster too. A nice strike on the high points. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2240		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. MS-61. Clean surfaces, but on the left reverse rim and field are two tiny planchet chips. Well struck. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2241		1911 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Great luster on both sides, and well struck too. Nearly a gem, and one of the tougher dates as no gigantic hoard was found of these, making the mint state pieces harder to locate. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 2242		1911 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. A number of bagmarks in the eagle's feathers. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $414
Lot 2243		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. This one is the regular Mintmark, gem surfaces and great color. PCGS has seen 433 this high, with 120 graded higher. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,495
Lot 2244		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice for the grade, and we note few signs of the usual disturbing marks. Glowing luster and well struck. Another double "D" Mintmark. Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2245		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. The D Mintmark is obviously double punched, called "rare" in Breen's Encyclopedia. Hazy toning over luster. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2246		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice luster and well struck. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $380
Lot 2247		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. MS-60. Some minor bangs and along abrasion on the reverse take this to a 61, but the luster and color are great. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2248		1911-S $20 St. Gaudens. MS-64. Choice for the grade, in fact this one was removed from an NGC holder where it was graded MS 64. Sharply impressed by the dies. Estimated Value $550 - 650. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2249		1912 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. A choice example and rather scarce in this state of preservation. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $834
Lot 2250		1912 $20 St. Gaudens. AU-55. A few rim ticks on the obverse, and a cut on Liberty's center and another on the reverse on CA of AMERICA. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $414
Lot 2251		1913 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-62. Pleasing for the grade, with strong luster and marks mainly hidden in the eagle's wings. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2252		1913-D $20 St. Gaudens. MS-62. Escaped from an NGC holder where this coin was graded MS 62 by that service. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details	Realized $414
Lot 2253		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. This one has a few minor scrapes and ticks from handling, but still a decent example of this scarce date. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2254		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2255		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2256		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2257		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2258		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2259		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2260		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2261		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2262		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2263		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2264		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Scattered bagmarks evenly distributed on both sides. Good luster and choice. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2265		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. MS-60. A choice coin with a little "coin rub" down Liberty, from contact with cousins of this ilk. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2266		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. One of the best available of this date. Mintages came in at a healthy 567,500 but most were later melted. Luckily for collectors, a bag of 1,000 of this date turned up in Central America some years ago, and that is the likely source of most mint state coins known. This gorgeous gem has a great strike and glowing luster. PCGS in their Population Report has graded 192 as such, with just 15 graded higher (all MS-66). One for the date collector who is assembling a gem set. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 2267		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice frosty luster and well preserved. In an old green insert PCGS holder. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $437
Lot 2268		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Typical surfaces and luster for a choice coin. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $380
Lot 2269		1916-S $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Flashy luster and nicely struck for the date. Light coppery streaks seen on both sides, giving the coin added appeal. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2270		1920 $20 St. Gaudens. AU-58. Gorgeous luster and color on this nice example of the low-mintage 1920 Philadelphia Double Eagle. Usual small bagmarks. A hint of rub, or are we imagining it? Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2271		1920-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. We are proud to present this extremely rare coin for auction. Throw away the mintage figures, of the 528,500 struck, perhaps 100 survive today in all grades. The rest were melted or otherwise lost. This date is so rare that Breen estimated the number to survive at 8-12 when he wrote his Encyclopedia. Today, with the advantage of the PCGS and NGC Population Reports we see that around 100 have been graded by both services, which no doubt include some duplication between them. Of those graded, this is one of the best, as PCGS reports only 7 this high, with a single coin graded higher! We note that this one is housed in the old style green insert holder. Well struck for the date, with full details on the devices, and just a minor scattering of ticks keeping this just out of the full gem class. Identifiable by a small mark near the ray left and below from the eagle's beak. Good luster and a wonderful example for the specialist to purchase for a date set. Estimated Value $50,000 - 60,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $59,800
Lot 2272		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-61. Cracked out of a PCGS holder where this one graded MS 61. Original color and pleasing surfaces for the date. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2273		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-61. Another bright Double Eagle from our principal consignor. Shows some wiping hairlines and a few heavy abrasions. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2274		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. AU-58. Mellow orange-gold color, pleasant for the grade. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $334

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