Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 53

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$20 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1413		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Brilliant and refreshingly clean for this issue, with flickering luster in the fields and sundrenched golden devices. The fields are untoned and satin with much eye-appeal (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1414		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice golden toning. Aesthetically tempting, as fine a looking MS64 with full strike as you are apt to see, and all the while saturated with bright golden bloom, little in the way of marks (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1415		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice yellow gold piece with notable luster throughout (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1416		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Uncommonly smooth with fully metallic, golden features with a faint trace of pink in the center (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1417		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. A lustrous and carefully preserved Choice 63 that has hues of beautiful golden radiance (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1418		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. A well struck Saint that has warm toned luster and nicely preserved surfaces. A few contacts on Liberty (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1419		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty. Sparkling mint brilliance and swirling mint luster characterize the surfaces and give the viewer an immediate and lasting impression of choice quality (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1420		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. The luster on this MS63 1924 is also choice for the issue, and moderately toned fields peer through rich gold coloration (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1421		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Razor-sharp on all devices. Some light marks on the figures of Liberty and the eagle (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,680
Lot 1422		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly toned. There is a lovely interplay between light-gold and pale reddish colors that give this the eye appeal of an even choicer grade (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1423		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Attractive color is seen over each side with smooth luster (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1424		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. The devices were struck with such power by the dies that all design elements show boldly. There are a few surface marks on the obverse (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1425		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. Mounted in a 14 kt gold money clip. Coin grades EF. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,668
Lot 1426		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Some copper spots on both sides but otherwise very frosty and choice. Untoned (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1427		1925 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Excellent sharpness on all devices. Choice with frosty luster (PCGS # 9180) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,620
Lot 1428		1925-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck with intense golden-orange mint luster. A uniquely alluring MS64, bright at the visual level, Liberty seemingly strides from a faint mist of pale pink gold into the bright golden yellow afternoon, while a whisper of the same faint pink color meets in the eagle's plumage on the reverse. Choice with only a few scattered marks noted here and there; none of which will draw your attention at first glance. Mintage was more than 2.9 million pieces. And yet, the 1925-D has long been considered a rarity in the Saint-Gaudens double eagle series. Like the 1924-D, the 1925-D had its rarity ranking readjusted since the mid-20th century by the emergence of a few small hoards overseas. While both dates are similar in overall rarity, the edge in high grades goes to the 1925-D. We have not offered only a few near-gems like this in recent times. The present beauty gets high praise for physical quality as well as aesthetic attractiveness, while the strike is as bold as you will likely see on a circulation strike Saint-Gaudens double eagle of the With Motto period. Pop 126; 6 finer, 4 in 65, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 9181) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1429		1925-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Warm golden sunset colors. Both the peripheries and the central areas are impressive for their full luster coverage, and the frosty textured surfaces seem to glisten. Of the few hundred 1925-S Double Eagles that survived the far-reaching gold meltings of the 1930s, the largest fraction have seen some degree of wear. As such, the issue is one of the few mintmarked dates from this era that actually circulated to any meaningful degree. The small number of Mint State pieces in existence are typically softly struck, for the most part at the borders. This original, well struck example is draped in reddish patina and shows only the usual predictable marks. Pop 75; 26 finer (PCGS # 9182) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1430		1925-S $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded AU-53. Scarce date. Lightly toned. This is a scarcer branch mint date, a large number of which were melted accounting for the scarcity. Lustrous (PCGS # 9182) . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 1431		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-65. Star. A gorgeous golden-orange mint gem with superior eye appeal thus the star designation. The fully brilliant example we now hand over bidders beats (from a technical angle) practically all of the Gem 1927s that have passed through the various grading services. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 1432		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63. Color is mostly vivid-gold in shade, but flickers of pinkish tinted iridescence can be found (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1433		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Light golden toning. A few normal bagmarks. Extra crisp detail on all relief portions (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1434		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Exhibits nice golden toning on both sides with flashy luster throughout (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,620
Lot 1435		1928 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice golden toning. Both the peripheries and the central reverse are impressive for their sharpness of strike, and the frosty textured surfaces are warmly toned (PCGS # 9189) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438

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