Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 44

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$20 Gold St. Gaudens

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2670		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned. A couple of minor scuffs in the luster at right (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,320
Lot 2671		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty with light gold tone. Many of these survive in Mint condition because they rarely circulated. Instead, gold was used as bank reserves for paper money and checking accounts (demand deposits) (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2672		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. A hint of light gold toning, frosty and delightfully lustrous (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2673		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Bold devices with rolling fields of luster; a frosty coin (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2674		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Attractive toning and frosty. Light bagmarks (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,320
Lot 2675		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Untoned. Another with exciting mint brilliance (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2676		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. The strong gold market the last six years has generated strong demand for the Saint-Gaudens twenties (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2677		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. A hint of light golden toning over waves of frosted luster. A choice appearing specimen (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,260
Lot 2678		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly untoned. Easily fits into any 20th century gold Type Set (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2679		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned with frosty surfaces (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2680		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2681		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Housed in an old holder (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2682		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned and frosty (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2683		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly untoned and nice for the grade (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,260
Lot 2684		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. A nice untoned coin bright with vibrant luster (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2685		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned and frosty (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,064
Lot 2686		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and a hint of light tone. Double eagles provided the foundation for America's strong gold-based economy of the 1920s in spite of a wild stock market boom that would end in tragedy in 1929 (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2687		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,064
Lot 2688		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Housed in an old holder. Lightly toned and choice for the grade. A small mark by the hip (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,260
Lot 2689		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-62. Housed in an old holder. A nice coin (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,064
Lot 2690		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely light golden toning. Intense but still satiny frost, the coin lightly colored as stated by its 83 years of providing joy to various former owners, now a soft golden color through which brighter gold radiance persists almost undiminished (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,680
Lot 2691		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Light golden toning. Sharply struck throughout with excellent golden color. A bold Gem (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2692		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A remarkable Gem that emits eye-catching golden color with a blush of pale pinkish rose color around Liberty; best of all, with few marks and no problems for the skeptic to find (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,680
Lot 2693		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A nice frosty untoned coin. Both sides are beaming with Gemmy copper-gold iridescence that accents the ample luster. Even the finest, most delicate detail is seen on this coin struck with uncommon exactness for the issue (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2694		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty and lightly toned. This year presented a difficult situation for the United States Federal Reserve. Britain was attempting to return to a modified gold standard in 1925. However, it needed help from it's partner in crime, the FED. The American central bank goosed the money supply to insure that interest rates here stayed low, and that gold wasn't exported to the U.S. from Britain. The FED accomplished this through various and sundry means, all detailed in the history books. The unanticipated consequence of this was a roaring stock market boom on the New York Stock Exchange. We all know the result (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,524
Lot 2695		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Light golden toning (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2696		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Light gold toning. Choice with frosty surfaces and minimum of bagmarks (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2697		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,236
Lot 2698		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. A choice frosty coin (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2699		1926 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty with some light gold toning. Both sides display the typical "look" for this gorgeous P-mint delivery: smooth frosted surfaces, rolling luster effects, and boldly struck devices (PCGS # 9183) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2700		1926 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Beautiful golden color. A gem. Impressively struck on the obverse and reverse, the decisive gold tone resonates to the eye (PCGS # 9183) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2701		1926 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Choice for the grade, there is a small tick below Liberty's arm, otherwise the grade easily slips into the Gem category. Housed in an old green holder (PCGS # 9183) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 2702		1926-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. PCGS holder number 116894. Very rare date. Lovely rich golden toning. Double eagle connoisseurs will agree, the '26-D is one of the key dates in the series. As such, it is difficult to find in Mint State, with the few extant specimens clustering in Mint State 60 to 62 grades. Mintage fell to 481,000 for the year, virtually all of which circulated. A few ended up in Swiss banks, of all places, but far too few to go around when date-and-mintmark collecting got going in the 1960s. Turning to the rarity in MS64 condition, this coin is virtually priced out of reach any higher. The color of the coin is spectacular, with warm shades of luster in all areas, with reddish tints predominating. The strike is sharp. Further, we note no weakness on either side. There are a couple of small marks on Liberty's leg above the knee, a little tick on the eagle's body near the sun rays above D-WE, but a glass is needed to see it. One of the most desirable double eagle rarities in full blistering MS64 condition, and worthy of the finest praise. Pop 16; 7 finer, 5 in 65, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 9184) . Estimated Value $65,000 - 70,000. Ex: Hesselgesser Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2703		1926-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Popular semi key date. Mostly untoned with some minor bag marks. Within the framework of the popularly collected dates in the Saint-Gaudens double eagles, the 1926-D is one of the most hard to get hold of of its era. The present specimen displays fresh brilliant luster and there is an underlying small luster graze below the outstretched arm that collectors can use to identify this particular specimen. All told it is very attractive. It compares positively with some that have been called Mint State 63. During a series of banking panics, the government seized all gold coins in April 1933; other countries saw no need to adopt this policy at the time (the bank panics were worldwide), but the fact remains that production figures for the 1926-D (481,000 pieces) tell only a part of the story. It is likely that of these, only a few were distributed, possibly a thousand or so. Double eagles were the mainstay of export payments and used as backing for the currency and bank deposits, in those days. Most remained in bank vaults. When the government transferred ownership from their rightful owners to itself, it was an easy task to move the coins into Federal Reserve and Treasury vaults. Millions of double eagles were later melted beginning in 1937. Today, the population of 1926-D is likely no more than 500 pieces, making it a rarity. This choice MS62 specimen is a reminder of that fast receding era when the economy was based on the Gold Standard. Pop 40; 63 finer; 40 in 63; 16 in 64; 5 in 65; 2 in 66. (PCGS # 9184) . Estimated Value $26,000 - 28,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $28,175
Lot 2704		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely light golden toning. Bright mint luster and attractive, as are the others in this group of MS65 gems, almost pulsating golden hue with one eye on surface originality, the other on the iridescent sparkle from the fields (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2705		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden toning. Clearly superior to the vast majority of heavily abraded Uncirculated to Choice Uncirculated pieces, this dazzling Gem example has only a few well scattered blemishes and benefits from the high production standards employed by the Mint during the 1920s (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2706		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Light golden color. Splendidly lustrous, both sides of this naturally toned example exhibit oscillating luster effects (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2707		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A hint of light gold toning. Sleek, satin luster throughout (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2708		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice original light gold toning in conjunction with frsoty luster (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2709		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A lovely gem whose bold design leaves an equally bold impression on the viewer (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2710		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Light golden color. Very choice with its frosty surface and gleaming originality (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2711		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A lovely coin, bold and a gem (PCGS # 9186) . To give just one example as to what $20 in gold would purchase in the year 1927, we read from the website of the Morris County, New Jersey "Daily Record" for January 1927, a person could rent an apartment in Morristown, NJ, 3 rooms, for $20.00 per month. (That figures out to 66.6¢ per day!). Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 2712		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Light golden toning amidst swirling golden luster (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2713		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A hint of light golden toning. One of several refreshingingly original full mint bloom gems of this year offered from an old-time consignment (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2714		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Mostly untoned with the same booming luster as the other 1927 $20 gold pieces in this group (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2715		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Very sharply made and an attractive specimen (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2716		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Light golden toning with a blast of golden luster streaming off of both sides (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2717		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Untoned and well struck. This example, illustrative of the quality seen in its MS64 class, has iridescent golden surfaces and full brilliance (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2718		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice light gold toning. Frosty golden color (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2719		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Light golden toning. Glittering rivers of brilliant-colored mint frost from center to periphery (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150

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