1925-S $20 MS(PCGS#9182)

The June 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4469

等级

MS60

价格

46,670

详细说明

1925-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-60 (NGC). Deep honey gold with lively luster and warm rose iridescence. A little finer throughout than typical for the MS-60 level, with most of the bagmarks well-hidden in the design motifs. A moderately elusive date despite its lofty mintage of more than 3.7 million pieces. Much of that mintage was put aside and&nbsp; later melted under the provisions of Roosevelt's Bank Holiday, or else shipped overseas to suffer the same fate. Fortunately for today's collectors, many of the known 1925-S double eagles are Uncirculated owing to repatriation from overseas bank holdings.<br /> <br /> <strong>Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers<br /> </strong>This is a lovely example of a key issue. Most pieces were shipped overseas as bullion during the 1920s and were kept there after President Roosevelt called in gold coins in 1933. Beginning in a significant way in the 1950s certain overseas vaults were examined, most notably by pioneering Paul H. Whittlin, agent in Europe for Dayton dealer James F. Kelly. By about 1955 certain late-date Saint-Gaudens double eagles that had been incredible rarities became collectible, although hardly common. Now, in 2012, the 1925-S, the issue offered here, remains scarce, but it is affordable to most specialists.&nbsp;