1912 $20 PR (PCGS#9209)
The March 2013 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2199
- 等级
- PR66
- 价格
- 733,275
- 详细说明
- 1912 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. Proof-66 (PCGS). CAC. From the original mintage there are perhaps 45 to 55 of these known today--this is one of the finest seen by PCGS with just a single coin noted finer by their "+" designation at this level. The color is a bright mustard yellow-gold, perfectly uniform throughout. Examination finds the expected microscopic facets that reflect back twinkling light like a galaxy of stars when examined under a light. This matte finish is unique to a few years at the Mint on these Saint-Gaudens Proof gold coins, some years the matte finish was darker, others more of a khaki color, but always attractive. Boldly struck throughout with virtually no signs of handling on the surfaces. No copper specks or shiny areas are present, and likely in essentially the same condition today as when it left the dies 101 years ago.<br />
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These early Matte Proofs are the absolute caviar of American numismatics. Their mintage was always tiny, and survivors even fewer today. At the Gem level these are well beyond most numismatists means to purchase, but they are always in high demand--far higher than the meager supply of coins that trickles onto the market in any given year. Hence, for the collector, such a coin represents so much of our early 20th Century history, at a time before there were World Wars, and in fact, struck early in the year while that infamous ship the <em>Titanic </em>was rushing along with its construction to meet its fate on its maiden voyage. Here is history in your hands, in the form of the highest and finest available of our most handsome denomination.<br />
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