Lot 3540
1926-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely array of golden toning on both sides. Just a small percentage of the coins from this Mint in 1926 are believed to be left for collectors to fight over. From an original mintage in excess of 2 million pieces, the Mint State population shrinks like plastic wrap in the hot sun above the MS63 and MS64 level. This blazing Gem MS65 boasts a pleasing, virtually full strike, and also exhibits appealing shades of color. The satiny luster is lovely as well, smooth and complete, and helps to accent the carefully maintained features. A small contact mark is visible left of the torch's tip, and a minor mark at Liberty's forehead. Meanwhile, the eagle is immeasurably finer and gemmier than the eagles seen on just about every other 1926-S double eagle in high grade; bagmarks seem to plague the issue. An attractive and high-end example of this extensively melted date. (Most third-party graded 1926-S twenties fall into the MS62 to MS64 grade range. Specimens grading as high as the present example can be considered very scarce, as these figures shows: Pop 24; 2 finer in 66 (PCGS # 9185) .
Estimated Value $24,000 - 26,000.
The Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection.
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