Lot 3556
1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Choice and frosty. With almost superhuman toil, the Philadelphia Mint struck the better part of 3 million pieces in 1927; within 7 years, though, the government began melting them down en masse in the same Philadelphia Mint furnaces. A sad ending to an historic coin design. (According to Mint records, each day, starting on June 29, 1934, eighty-four thousand ounces of 90% coin was metamorphosed into bars!) (PCGS # 9186) .
Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450.
The Leo Wexler Collection.
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| Realized $1,840 |
