1926-S $20 MS(PCGS#9185)

June 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2287

Grade

MS64+

Price

17,080

Lot Description

An overall well defined example with lovely, premium Choice surfaces. Color is a vivid and wonderfully original golden-apricot that blends nicely with full, satiny mint luster. Sharply struck, as well, and a delight to behold.<p>Despite a respectable mintage of 2,041,500 examples, the majority of 1926-S double eagles were never released and were melted in the 1930s, leaving an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 Mint State survivors available to collectors and investors today. The 1926-S was once considered the third rarest Saint-Gaudens double eagle after the 1924-S and 1926-D, but coins repatriated from Europe helped numismatists fill this hole in their collections. However, even with the influx the issue remains somewhat scarce today, especially above the basal MS-64 grade level. The word opportunity comes to the fore here, as will be recognized by astute collectors of Saint-Gaudens gold coinage.