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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DOUBLE EAGLES - SAINT-GAUDENS
Item Description: $20 1909/8
Full Grade: NGC AU 55
Owner: jtryka

Set Details

Custom Sets: North Coast Limited 2
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Saint-Gaudens $20 (1907-1933)

Owner Comments:

This 1909/08 was graded AU-55 by NGC, and it is a really nice coin, lots of luster for the grade. These coins can get really expensive once you get to mint state, so this coin is a nice compromise. It's also an earlier die state, but the flatness is due to the dies rather than the strike. This is the only overdate in gold from 1907-33, and the dies were left over from the 1908 NM issue, so the obverse has the same flatness as seen in the 1908 No Motto. Despite the flatness of the dies, this coin has a lot of detail, hence my belief that this is an earlier die state. Overall, this is a very pleasing and affordable example of the single overdate in the series.

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