1915 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 9167, 9212
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 152,000
Proofs: 50
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:
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 8035, illustrated, sold for $3,220.00 From the Conrad Sommers Collection
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot
9378, plated, sold for $2,645.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot
9377, not plated, sold for $1,035.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet
of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 428, not
illustrated, sold for $747.50
NGC MS-61. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 963, sold for $460.00
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September
Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1864, sold for $483.00
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The Marvin Taichert
Collection of U.S. Type Coins", May 9, 2001, Lot 153, plated, sold for
$575.00 Purchased privately from Stack's on October 22, 1965
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 18 MS-65's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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