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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 11522657, member: 73489&quot;]<b><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #b30000">Saint-Gaudens Hoards By Date: </span></font></b></b>More hoard tidbits for the next coins in the series for which I have hoard info:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #00b359">1909-S:</span></b> David Akers wrote of handling several hundred 1909-S hoard coins at one time, usually graded in the low-60’s, from the MTB 1983 Hoard.&nbsp; A typical 1909-S double eagle is well struck with good detail in most areas except the torch hand and top of the torch. Surfaces often display mint frost tinged with red-gold and this is usually associated with coins from the El Salvador Hoard discovered in 1983.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #00b359">1910:</span></b> A few thousand uncirculated/MS coins were found in the 1990’s via European banks&nbsp; Mostly MS60-63.&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1990s European bank coins were abraded from handling and transport. These were consistent with the large majority of European bank hoards from decades earlier and grade between MS60 and MS63 or occasionally MS64. </p><p><br /></p><p>Correlation with authentication company and auction records indicates that of the total mintage for the 1910, <b>approximately 400,000 coins were shipped to Europe in exchange payments and 64,000 were sent to Central or South America.</b> Only a small proportion of coins ever circulated in the United States or Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #00b359">1910-D: </span></b> Numerous uncirculated 1910-D double eagles remain from consolidated bags that resided in European banks until sometime after World War II.&nbsp; Could have come from the Kaiseroda Mine Hoard. Most of these grade between MS61 and MS64, though gems do occasionally appear on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #00b359">1910-S:</span></b>&nbsp; A small hoard of about 100 uncirculated pieces turned up in a Swiss bank in 1981. Also a group of 1,000 coins (four mint bags) was discovered in Central America in 1983. Consequently, the 1910-S is relatively common in uncirculated condition, at least through the near-gem level of preservation. Many more were evidently returned to the United States, probably from Europe, based on the condition of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least a few coins were acquired by collectors at the time of issue. Coin collector John M. Clapp’s acquisition notes state that he purchased his 1910-S double eagle directly from the San Francisco Mint in 1910. Others might have acquired coins in person or by mail from the mint, or from the pyx coins for those who were members of the Annual Assay Commission for 1911.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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