1909/8 $20 FS-301 MS65+ PCGS....

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1909/8 Saint-Gaudens Twenty, MS65+
Popular Guide Book Variety
Only Series Overdate

1909/8 $20 FS-301 MS65+ PCGS. Ex: Fox. The 1909/8 Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a popular Guide Book and Cherrypickers variety, the only overdate of the series. The overdate was not noticed until one year after the coins were struck, when Edgar Adams published his findings in The Numismatist, so no mintage figures were recorded. Roger W. Burdette estimates the surviving population at about 5,000 examples in all grades. The 1909/8 is rare at the MS65 grade level, and finer coins are prime condition rarities. This Plus-graded Gem exhibits sharply detailed design elements, with the undertype 8 plainly visible. The well-preserved orange-gold surfaces are lustrous and appealing. Population: 19 in 65 (1 in 65+), 5 finer (1/20).

David Akers (2012) Comments:
This is one of the most popular issues of the Saint-Gaudens double eagle series due to its unique status in the series as an overdate. Prior to the 1960s this issue was not seen very often in uncirculated condition but then substantial quantities were located in various Paris and Swiss banks by Paul Wittlin who served as a gold coin buyer for James Kelly (a famous Dayton, Ohio, coin dealer) and later Paramount International Coin Corporation. Other hoards were discovered over the next several decades as well and this issue is now relatively common in the lower uncirculated grades and only scarce at the MS63 grade level. At the very choice level, the 1909/8 is very scarce, if not moderately rare and true gems are very rare with possibly fewer than 20 specimens known. Superb uncirculated examples, that is, those grading MS66 are extremely rare and it is doubtful if more than 7-9 exist; none have been graded above that level. This is one of the prime condition rarities of the series, just slightly more rare, but considerably more popular and expensive, than the 1909 to which it is most typically, and obviously, compared.
From The Rollo Fox Collection of $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold, Part II.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 26FC, Variety PCGS# 145740, Base PCGS# 9151, Greysheet# 374011)

Weight: 33.44 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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