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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 13869668, member: 73489"]Saint-Gaudens Hoards By Date: More hoard tidbits for the next coins in the series for which I have hoard info: 1911: Until a substantial hoard of uncirculated examples were discovered in Europe in the early-1990's, the 1911 was thought to be scarce in MS63 condition, and MS64 quality examples were considered moderately rare at the very least. Today, though, there are many hundreds of choice and very choice mint state 1911 double eagles available to collectors. Most 1911 double eagles apparently were shipped to Europe although it is unlikely any were shipped until after the year of manufacture. The overwhelming majority of authenticated and graded coins fall in the low to mid-uncirculated range – generally MS-63 or below. This is consistent with Heritage auction archives with nearly seventy-percent of offerings in this same range. The small quantity of high-quality coins likely came from pieces paid out by the Philadelphia Mint cashier and one or two bags that were relatively untouched after being received out-side of the United States. 1911-D:  Several thousand coins from S/C America after 1972.  A few bags of Uncirculated….larger amounts of Circulated. 1911-S Along with the 1909-D found in the MTB 1983 Hoard by Akers.  David Bowers said in the 1970’s a Bank of America branch in Beverly Hills had 500 coins. Review of authentication and auction archives show that of the available mintage of 757,580 pieces, approximately 450,000 were sent to Europe and 250,000 went to South America. The transfers did not occur immediately, but were made in large shipments a few years after production (RWB). Several hoards of 1911-S double eagles are known among the repatriated coins. David Akers’ description of finding 1911-S coins in a large group purchased by MTB in 1983 echoes that for the 1909-D. In addition, Q. David Bowers relates that in the 1970s, he received a call from a trust officer at the Bank of America on North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California. The “John Estate” was being sold, and investigation revealed a cache of gold coins had been hidden in a vault for decades. Bowers visited the bank and among the coins shown to him was a sack of 500 1911-S double eagles. According to Bowers each coin was brilliant and lustrous. He purchased the coins, plus others. When these were subsequently advertised they sold out within four hours of the time the offering appeared!  In his book, Bowers also refers to July 7, 1996, correspondence with gold coin authority David Akers, who indicated that he sold 500 1911-S twenties to one of his customers. This hoard was associated with approximately 47,000 double eagles discovered in Central America (reported by some to be El Salvador) in the early 1980s (the MTB/Stacks purchase). 1912:  Small hoards first appeared in Europe in the late 1960's and 1970's including a group of 40 choice examples purchased by Paramount from a source in Basel, Switzerland in 1973. Twenty or so years later, a much larger hoard of uncirculated 1912 double eagles was found in Eastern Europe.[/QUOTE]

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