1908 $20 Motto MS (PCGS#9147)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6687
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 61,167
- 详细说明
- 1908 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. Motto. MS-64 (PCGS).
The luster is soft and satiny across this beautiful near-Gem, blanketing the surfaces in a uniform matte-like texture. Warm orange-gold in color and sharply rendered on each side, this coin is impressive in both technical and aesthetic quality. Far scarcer than its identically dated No Motto counterpart, the 1908 Motto double eagle saw just 156,258 circulation strikes produced. Most early date issues in the Saint-Gaudens series were shipped overseas as international trade coins. While we believe that many 1908 Motto $20s were used in this manner, an unusually large percentage seems to have been retained in America until melted in 1937. Indeed, the 1908 Motto has only been minimally represented in repatriations of classic U.S. Mint gold coins from foreign bank hoards, and today it is among the scarcer issues of its type in Mint State. The present example is a delightful representative that is sure to see spirited bidding.
Provenance: From the Collection of Richard Evans Norton (1872-1946).
PCGS# 9147. NGC ID: 26F8.
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