Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 28

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

U.S. Gold $20 St. Gaudens 1915-1924

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2651		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-61. Exceptionally brilliant and lustrous surfaces. In an old PCGS green label, fat letter holder (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 2652		1915 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. An original example of this better date "Saint" with fantastic eye appeal and a lot of potential. Liberty's legs are missing any marks or nicks and luster rolls across her gown uninterrupted. Beautiful and original rose toning. In an older PCGS green label holder. Estimated Value $700 - 750. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,140
Lot 2653		1915 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-62. A choice, original uncirculated piece. Housed in an old NGC holder. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 2654		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. A frosty, near-gem example of this relatively common San Francisco issue. For a type coin for this Mint, the '15-S is a great candidate. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 2655		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Heavily lustrous and slightly abraded. Rich golden patina (PCGS # 9168) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 2656		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63 (PCGS # 9168) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2657		1915-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Sharply struck and brilliant. Lustrous and exceptional originality. Housed in an older PCGS green label, fat letters holder (PCGS # 9168) . Estimated Value $450 - 475. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 2658		1916-S $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. The last year the San Francisco Mint struck a double eagle until 1920. An abundant issue that makes for a nice type coin from this mint. Frosty surfaces. and deep, satiny gold coloration. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,093
Lot 2659		1916-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Well struck and flashy with brilliant gold color and swirling luster. The fields have an "orange peel effect" and shimmer when the coin is turned (PCGS # 9169) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 2660		1916-S $20 St. Gaudens. One grades choice AU-58 while the other example is a pleasing uncirculated example that we grade MS-63. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2661		1920 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-63. A nice example of an issue that is relatively common up to MS63 but basically unheard of in gem condition. For instance, PCGS has graded a single MS-65 as the only gem 1920 double eagle (PCGS # 9170) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 2662		1920 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck, flashy and brilliant. Choice for the grade and appealing (PCGS # 9170) . Estimated Value $500 - 535. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 2663		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63 PQ. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2664		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63 (PCGS # 9173) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 2665		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. All three double eagles are very undergraded and choice. All are from the same PCGS submission many years ago and housed in old PCGS green label, fat letter holders. Lot of 3 coins (PCGS # 9173) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 2666		1922 and 1923 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2667		1922 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-60. Small nicks and a rim bruise on the reverse is noted. Estimated Value $425 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 2668		1922-S $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63 PQ. A better date issue in a very appealing condition. Once thought to be a seriously rare date, hoards from Europe and Central America have changed the population composition in mint state. Regardless, the '22-S in choice uncirculated is not "common" and examples such as this deserve a significant premium over the most frequently seen dates. An extremely lustrous and frosty example unusually found on "stock" MS-63 coins. Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,220
Lot 2669		1922-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. A frosty specimen with ample luster and eye appeal. Slight streaks of lavender toning just below branch. A tiny magenta spot at tip of ray above Capitol. There are several small ticks on the obverse and reverse, most noticeably a horizontal tick below the foot in rock, but none are of the degree normally seen on MS-62 pieces. PCGS has graded 243 in MS-63, 124 in MS-64, 6 in MS-65 and a single MS-66 as the finest (PCGS # 9174) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,220
Lot 2670		1923 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Very deep orange gold surfaces with rich, gem grade luster. A well struck piece and only the stars directly under the lower portion of the gown display any weakness. A vast number of these are known in MS-64 but the population in gem grades is a tiny fraction of those known in near-gem. PCGS has graded 49 in MS-65 with a single MS-66 as finest (PCGS # 9175) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 2671		1923 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Rich golden-orange in color (PCGS # 9175) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2672		1923 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-63 PQ. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2673		1923 $20 St. Gaudens. MS-60. Estimated Value $425 - 475. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $546
Lot 2674		1923-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Near perfect fields and luster on this common date Saint Gaudens. A thick layer of original frost exists in the fields. Rose gold color and luster. Liberty's legs are remarkably untouched and only a few short tick marks exist above the Capital building. Housed in an old PCGS green label, fat letters holder (PCGS # 9176) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 2675		1923-D $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 2676		1923-D $20 St. Gaudens. ICG graded MS-64. Intensely brilliant. Estimated Value $675 - 725. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 2677		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-65. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,265
Lot 2678		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65 (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2679		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-65. Rich golden-orange mint color. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 2680		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Near perfect fields and coloration on this near gem Saint Gaudens double eagle. One of the most common dates from the series and a good type coin due to this reason (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2681		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. A common date with nice, crisp eye appeal. Two or three small and light copper spots (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 2682		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64 (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2683		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64 (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 2684		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Original surfaces, lustrous and near-gem in condition (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2685		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 2686		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details	Realized $2,933
Lot 2687		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 2688		1927 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. A nice pair of near-gem to gem Saints. A sharp strike is found on both coins. Both in old PCGS green label, fat letter holders (PCGS # 9186) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2689		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded each MS-63. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2690		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2691		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2692		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. In an old green holder (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 2693		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $2,350 - 2,500. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2694		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. In a 1st generation PCGS holder. Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2695		1924 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded AU-58. One would be wise to acquire pre-1933 double eagles in choice AU due to the small premium over regular modern bullion gold (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $450 - 475. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 2696		Rare 1924-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Light golden coloration with rose and olive highlights. A few lights spots of film on the obverse near the central device. The central portion of this coin is well struck but the lower obverse at 6:00 shows weakness, a characteristic that David Akers described resulted from die deterioration. The fields have no evidence of wipe or mishandling and the entire appearance of the coin is that of a higher grade. There is one diagonal nick in the center of Liberty just above her left knee. PCGS has graded 110 in MS-63, 124 in MS64, 3 in MS-65 and 1 in MS-66 (PCGS # 9178) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 2697		1924-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-62. Beautiful coloration, deep golden and swirling with luster. For an issue that is often plagued with weakness due to die deterioration, one will note that aside from the nose, peripheral detail is still quite sharp. Two scratches in the field are the grade determining factor because eye appeal is much finer than that of MS-62. Another fine example of a tough date from a challenging period for U.S. gold coinage. Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,795
Lot 2698		1924-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63. Satiny luster with greenish gold and rich yellow gold coloration. Lustrous with no hairlines in the fields. Well struck with LIBERTY strong. A small vertical tick mark on Liberty's left arm towards shoulder. No deep or distracting nicks or hits on Liberty's legs. The 1924-S is very similar to the 1924-D in terms of overall rarity and rarity in the gem category. The major difference between the two issues is that the 1924-S is scarcer in MS-64 than the 1924-D. A mintage of 2,927,500 coins from San Francisco this year. David Akers noted that this date was considered one of the rarest from the entire Saint Gaudens series until several hoards appeared in the 1950's and 1960's. A tough issue to locate in choice MS-63 and this fresh and appealing piece is sure to bring top dollar. PCGS has graded 129 in MS-63, 57 in MS-64, 2 in MS-65 and a single MS-67 as the finest known (PCGS # 9179) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. The Michael M. Magdic Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,843