1926-S $20 MS(PCGS#9185)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3228

Grade

MS64

Price

13,200

Lot Description

An overall well defined example with lovely, premium Choice surfaces. Despite a respectable original mintage of 2,041,500 examples, the majority of 1926-S double eagles were never released and were melted in the 1930s, leaving an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 Mint State survivors available to collectors and investors today. The 1926-S was once considered the third rarest Saint-Gaudens double eagle after the 1924-S and 1926-D, but coins repatriated from Europe helped numismatists fill this hole in their collections. However, even with the influx the issue remains somewhat scarce today, especially above the present grade level. The word opportunity comes to the fore here, as will be recognized by astute collectors of Saint-Gaudens gold coinage.