North Coast Limited
1925-S
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
DOUBLE EAGLES - SAINT-GAUDENS |
| Item Description: |
$20 1925 S |
| Full Grade: |
NGC AU 55 |
| Owner: |
jtryka |
Owner Comments:
What a proud moment, my first branch mint Saint from the 1920s! I remember when I first started collecting this series, I was puzzled at why coins with such huge mintages were so expensive, and then I read about the mass melts of the 1930s. Surely, no other coins in history have been "hunted to extinction" like the late issue gold denominations, most prominently double eagles. Well, if you are willing, these rare coins are not totally out of reach, but rest assured they are extremely difficult to find. The 1925-S is a rare exception among this etherial group of coins in that some of them actually circulated, thus making it possible to find a nice AU example like this coin. For most mintmarked Saints of the 1920s graded by NGC, less than 10% are graded below MS-60, but for the 1925-S, more than 40% of the coins graded are circulated.