Lot 4866
1925-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. Lovely golden toning on both sides. A beautiful, frosty-gold coin from this difficult to find Mint, there are no unsettling abrasions on either side. The coin is very choice and free from toning spots. No more, no less, just as fully struck, as attractive, as a serious collector of Saint-Gaudens gold could ask for, with complete detail in the hair and face of Liberty, her drapery folds, and throughout the eagle's breast. The wing details too are noteworthy for their completeness.
Discussion among experts puts the 1924-D, 1924-S, and 1925-D as more common in Mint State than in circulated grades, while the 1925-S is more apt to be found with some degree of wear. In the finer Mint State grades like MS63, the 1925-S is one of the rarer Saint-Gaudens double eagles. A large percentage of the issue must have been stored in banks and at the U.S. Treasury when the government withdrew gold coinage from circulation in April 1933, and consigned it to the melting furnaces. It has to be assumed many, many 1925-S $20s were destroyed this way, which accounts for their rarity. Pop 75; 29 finer, 24 in 64, 2 in 65, 1 in 66, 1 in 67, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 9182) .
Estimated Value $18,000 - 19,000.
Ex: Dr. Hesselgesser Collection.
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