1908 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE - WITH
"IN GOD WE TRUST"
ON REVERSE
(see also 1908
Double Eagle without
"IN GOD WE TRUST" on reverse)
PCGS Nos: 9147, 9205
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 156,258
Proofs: 101
Designer: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
(modified by Charles E. Barber)
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: |******E|*PLURIBUS*|UNUM*****
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) above the date)
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Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above). ex
- Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
NGC Proof-66 Matte. Ex -
Stack's "The University of Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001,
Lot 1424, plated, sold for $37,950.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection,
Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 4184, "With Motto",
not illustrated, sold for $949.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7583, not illustrated, sold for $414.00
PCGS MS-62. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8000, not illustrated,
sold for $805.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 940, sold for $517.50
About Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1425, not plated, sold for $316.25
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 6 MS-66's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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