20 Dollars Saint-Gaudens - Double Eagle, With motto
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1908-1933 |
| Value | 20 Dollars (20 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Gold (.900) (.100 copper) |
| Weight | 33.43 g |
| Diameter | 34.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 23126 |
| References | KM# 131 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org/) , PCGS# 9147-9195, 9204-9212, etc.PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) |
Obverse
Standing Liberty with torch and olive branch, 46 stars around, Capitol building left in background
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTY
1911
Engraver: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Reverse
Eagle flying left over rays from the sun, motto below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA
TWENTY·DOLLARS
IN·GOD·WE·TRUST
Engraver: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Edge
Lettered with words divided by stars
Lettering: E PLURIBUS UNUM
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Mints
| United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) | |
| D | United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date) |
| S | United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date) |
Comments
The standard weight of this coin was 516 grains.
On the obverse, from 1908 through 1911 there were 46 stars and from 1912 through 1933 48 stars.
These coins circulated in British Honduras (Belize) until 1933.
The 1933 Double Eagle:
445,500 specimens minted:
- 445,487 melted by executive order 6102 of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (intent was to melt all but two)
- 12 held by US Government (10 of which were improperly removed from government holdings by Israel Switt and then recovered from his descendants, the Langbords)
- 1 once owned by King Farouk of Egypt, now in private hands (Sold for US$7.59 million in 2002, and again on June 8, 2021 for US$18.8 million)
1909
1911+1912
On the obverse, from 1908 through 1911 there were 46 stars and from 1912 through 1933 48 stars.
These coins circulated in British Honduras (Belize) until 1933.
The 1933 Double Eagle:
445,500 specimens minted:
- 445,487 melted by executive order 6102 of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (intent was to melt all but two)
- 12 held by US Government (10 of which were improperly removed from government holdings by Israel Switt and then recovered from his descendants, the Langbords)
- 1 once owned by King Farouk of Egypt, now in private hands (Sold for US$7.59 million in 2002, and again on June 8, 2021 for US$18.8 million)
1909
1911+1912
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1908 | 156 258 | 9% | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | 1 | Proof Roman | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1908 | 101 | Proof Matte | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1908 D | 349 500 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1908 S | 22 000 | 1.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1909 | 
|
161 282 | 1.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1909 | Overdate 9/8 | 0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1909 | 67 | Proof | 0.7% | ||||||||||||
| 1909 D | 52 500 | 1.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1909 S | 2 774 925 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1910 |
|
482 000 | 4% | ||||||||||||
| 1910 | 167 | Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1910 | Proof; Experimental finish; Mintage incl. above | 0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1910 D | 429 000 | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1910 S |
|
2 128 250 | $ 4000 | 5% | |||||||||||
| 1911 | 197 250 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1911 | 100 | Proof | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1911 D | 846 500 | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1911 S |
|
775 750 | $ 4600 | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1912 | 149 750 | 1.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1912 | 74 | Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1913 | 168 780 | 1.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1913 | 58 | Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1913 D | 393 500 | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1913 S | 34 000 | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1914 | 95 250 | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1914 | 70 | Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1914 D | 453 000 | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1914 S | 1 498 000 | 5% | |||||||||||||
| 1915 | 152 000 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1915 | 50 | Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1915 S |
|
567 500 | $ 3900 | 4% | |||||||||||
| 1916 S | 796 000 | 1.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1920 | 228 250 | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1920 S | 558 000 | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | 528 500 | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1922 |
|
1 375 500 | $ 4300 | $ 4300 | 10% | ||||||||||
| 1922 S | 2 658 000 | 1.8% | |||||||||||||
| 1923 |
|
566 000 | 7% | ||||||||||||
| 1923 D | 1 702 250 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1924 |
|
4 323 500 | $ 4200 | $ 4400 | $ 4400 | 38% | |||||||||
| 1924 D | 3 049 500 | 1.1% | |||||||||||||
| 1924 S | 2 927 500 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1925 |
|
2 831 750 | $ 3700 | $ 3700 | 8% | ||||||||||
| 1925 D | 2 938 500 | 1.1% | |||||||||||||
| 1925 S | 3 776 500 | 1.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1926 | 816 750 | 4% | |||||||||||||
| 1926 D | 481 000 | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1926 S | 2 041 500 | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1927 |
|
2 946 750 | $ 3700 | $ 4400 | $ 4600 | $ 4800 | 18% | ||||||||
| 1927 D | 180 000 | 1.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1927 S | 3 107 000 | 1.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1928 | 8 816 000 | $ 4400 | 10% | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | 1 779 750 | 1.1% | |||||||||||||
| 1930 S | 74 000 | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | 2 938 250 | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1931 D | 106 500 | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1932 | 1 101 750 | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1933 | 445 500 | Nearly all specimens melted, 13 known | 5% | ||||||||||||
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Bullion value: USD 4200.93
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Actual gold weight: 0.967 oz
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Examples of the type
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 92 Lot 198 
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15 Aug 2023 | 1909 – PCGS# 9150 | UNC |
USD 2665.22
(EUR 2303.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 63 Lot 3949
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26 Jul 2022 | 1910 – PCGS# 9154 | AU |
USD 1967.38
(EUR 1700.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 98 Lot 217
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14 Oct 2023 | 1910 S – PCGS# 9156 | UNC |
USD 1936.13
(EUR 1673.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz PREMIUM AUCTION 150 Lot 1006
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16 Apr 2025 | 1910 S – PCGS# 9156 | AU |
USD 3126.97
(EUR 2702.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz PREMIUM AUCTION 125 Lot 791
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29 May 2024 | 1910 S – PCGS# 9156 | AU |
USD 2315.72
(EUR 2001.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz PREMIUM AUCTION 165 Lot 1112
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30 Aug 2025 | 1911 S – PCGS# 9159 | UNC |
USD 3587.57
(EUR 3100.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz PREMIUM AUCTION 165 Lot 1113
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30 Aug 2025 | 1915 S – PCGS# 9168 | UNC |
USD 3587.57
(EUR 3100.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Jubilee Auction 100 Lot 814
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23 Nov 2023 | 1915 S – PCGS# 9168 | UNC |
USD 1910.67
(EUR 1651.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 73 Lot 881
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28 Dec 2022 | 1922 – PCGS# 9173 | UNC |
USD 1910.67
(EUR 1651.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Jubilee Auction 60 Lot 2668
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14 May 2022 | 1922 – PCGS# 9173 | AU |
USD 2199.99
(EUR 1901.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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