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1920-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle

Maker
U.S. Mint (San Francisco)
Year
1920
Rank
85 of 100

1920-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle

1920-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle by U.S. Mint (San Francisco) (1920) is ranked 85 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $360,000. A major rarity of the Saint-Gaudens series — most of the 558,000 mintage was melted; only ~150-200 survive.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

A major rarity of the Saint-Gaudens series — most of the 558,000 mintage was melted; only ~150-200 survive.

$20 gold, Saint-Gaudens, S mintmark, PCGS MS64 (Alymaya Collection)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$360,000
Kind
Realized at auction

Heritage Auctions, Alymaya Collection Part II. 1920-S Double Eagle, PCGS MS64, realized $360,000. Roughly 187 distributed of a 558,000 mintage.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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