1911-D/D $20 FS-501 MS66+ PCGS. CAC....

Description

1911-D/D Twenty Dollar, MS66+
Prominent Repunched Mintmark

1911-D/D $20 FS-501 MS66+ PCGS. CAC. Ex: Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection. This coin represents one of the earlier acquisitions in the Bass Core Collection, purchased at auction in March of 1967 out of a Lester Merkin sale. Merkin gave much attention to the repunched mintmark in his lot description:

"Doubled D, visible to the naked eye, very plain under even a 6-power glass; the D first cut a little more than half the thickness of its curve too far right, then corrected. ... First we've seen; presumably very rare, like the famous 1909 Double S."

Today, several hundred examples of this repunched mintmark variety are known, but examples remain conditionally rare in MS66+, and they are nearly uncollectible finer. The Bass coin glistens with radiant wheat-gold luster and displays bold devices. The obverse is especially well preserved for the grade, with clean fields and only the faintest contact on the devices, while the reverse shows just a few light grazes on the sun at 6 o'clock. Population (FS-501): 73 in 66 (11 in 66+), 1 finer (4/23).
Ex: Public Auction Sale (Lester Merkin, 3/1967), lot 489.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 26FK, Variety PCGS# 145010, Base PCGS# 9158, Greysheet# 70975)

Weight: 33.44 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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