1911 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 9157, 9208
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 197,250
Proofs: 100
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) above the date)
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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above). ex
- Trompeter collection
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-65. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 1254, sold for $7,820.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8015, illustrated, sold for $2,990.00 From the Conrad Sommers Collection
PCGS MS-63. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8014, not illustrated,
sold for $1,495.00
MS-63. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection,
Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 4188, illustrated, sold for
$1,207.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 952, sold for $414.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 6 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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