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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 7519922, member: 73489&quot;]<b><font size="5"><span style="color: #00b300">1921 Saint-Gaudens: </span></font></b> Fascinating chapter, and shows you the depth of Roger&#039;s research and how varied the interesting items he includes keep your attention. </p><p><br /></p><p>Big Picture was this was the 2nd SG DE produced after the interruption of WW I.&nbsp; Less than 200 coins survive to this day, &lt; 25 in MS63 or higher grade.&nbsp; Not a well-struck coin with good luster compared to other coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>CT State Library curator Goddard got two 1921&#039;s from Mint Curator Comparette -- and then apparently kept them for himself. <img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/r266626/emoticons/laugh.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>David Akers noted that the 1921 has changed less in the seven decades (now century) than any other Saint in terms of scarcity.&nbsp; <b>Other coins have risen or fallen in rarity as hoards materialized or did not.&nbsp; </b>And the ranking for Mint State coins leads the 1921 to be at the top of the pack at MS64 or above -- even beating the 1927-D.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Specimens:</b>&nbsp; Very interesting that there are two 1921&#039;s which might have been struck on a different press.&nbsp; One has a &quot;Roman finish&quot; the other has been called &quot;specimen&quot; by a TPG.&nbsp; The SP64 sold for just under $1.5 MM in 2006 which was 2x the price of MS65 1921&#039;s, so someone is/was willing to pay up for this coin&#039;s (alleged) uniquiness.&nbsp; The other coin was supposedly struck to honor a family member of the Ghiradelli chocolate family killed in WW II.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><i>As an aside, I wish it would have been possible to attend a lecture or read a book by Paul Wittlin on how he uncovered all the Saint-Gaudens and other gold coins in European banks.&nbsp; What a fascinating job he had, helping to uncover so many of the valuable pre-1933 gold coins we see in coin displays at shows and for auction online.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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