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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8665219, member: 73489"]Saint-Gaudens Hoards By Date: I thought a year-by-year rundown of the various Saint hoards might be of interest.  Most of this information is from Roger Burdette's excellent book on Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles but also includes snippetts I've collected over the years from various sources.  Down the line, I'll probably put it into a nice Word or PDF document if anybody wants it, with more details and commentary than these summaries. I'll do them a few at a time, unless there's so much information that a sole entry is best. Here's the MCMVII 1907 HR, 1907, and 1908-D Short Ray No Motto: MCMVII High Relief:   The actor Adolphe Menjou supposedly had 250 High Relief coins.  A hard-money believer, he told many friends he had lots of gold squirreled away in various SDBs thoughout LA and California in the 1930's and 1940's.  He died in 1963 and his coins were sold off in auctions up to the 1970's but I could not find any articles or public mentions of any sizeable 1907 HR stache at that time. 1907:  95% of the mintage found its way to overseas vaults. Most went to Europe where they exhibited marks and abrasions consistent with handling during counting, stacking and re-bagging operations.  About 35% may have gone to Central and South American countries where the coins remained in their original bags and were subject to much less moving, bag marks, etc. Survivors from these pieces are the primary source of high-grade examples of this date. 1908-D Short Ray No Motto: No large hoards have been found.  Most of the pieces came from European central banks looted by Germany during World War II and eventually stored in the Kaiseroda potassium mine near the village of Merkers. It is probable that most 1908-D SR NM coins came from here.[/QUOTE]

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