1922 $20 MS(PCGS#9173)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2270

Grade

MS64

Price

3,120

Lot Description

Lustrous deep apricot-rose overtop natural gold surfaces exhibit a soft frosty texture throughout. This sharply struck double eagle offers an uncommonly smooth appearance for the issue. Many of the 1,375,500 double eagles that the Philadelphia Mint produced in 1922 were exported during the 1920s. These coins remained as part of foreign bank reserves until after World War II, when they began to make their way back to the United States. Today, the 1922 is readily available in lower Mint State grades, but drops sharply when one looks for examples above the MS-64 level when compared to the truly common date 1924 and 1927. A find for the astute double eagle enthusiast.