Lot 3531
1924-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely shades of golden toning. Scarce coin. Decades ago, the heavily melted 1924-S double eagle was, like many mintmarked dates in the 1920s, considered to be an extremely rare Saint-Gaudens issue. A modest resettlement of pieces from European hoards now causes this to be a median scarcity, similar in both certified census and quality rarity to the 1924-D. Survivors tend to range in grade from AU 58 to MS 63, while Choice and better specimens along the lines of this MS64 are still of the utmost rarity. This important example beams with frosty warm gold surfaces, with devices that are well detailed in all areas and overlaid in blushes of reddish patina. Owning such a piece can be splendid fun for a collector of means. Only a few numbers of people ever get to do so, and from all accounts, enjoy themselves tremendously. Bidders must steel themselves for competition in the auction room. Pop 92; 3 finer, 2 in 65, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 9179) .
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
The Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection.
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