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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26753195, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><b>United States: 1927 gold Saint-Gaudens double eagle ($20.00)</b></b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS66.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/73263326" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/73263326" rel="nofollow">Cert. #73263326</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/23126" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/23126" rel="nofollow">Numista-23126</a>, Krause-Mishler-131.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 2,946,750.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Michael Swoveland, dba <a href="https://www.wnccoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wnccoins.com/" rel="nofollow">WNC Coins, LLC</a>, Asheville, NC, 31 July 2024. purchased in the slab.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The double-eagle (gold $20) coin designed by sculptor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint-Gaudens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint-Gaudens" rel="nofollow">Augustus Saint-Gaudens</a> is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful US coin designs.&nbsp; This year, 1927, is one of the more common dates, but is at least slightly less common than several of the other dates from the 1920s; particularly the 1924 and 1928.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I acquired this coin by trading in a <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40504821" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40504821" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS64 1923 $20</a> which had cost me $2,200 the year before.&nbsp; My friend Michael, the dealer, added an upgrade fee of $550 to step up to this coin, so my total investment in this piece is $2,750.&nbsp; Considering it now catalogs for $5,000 as of this typing (March 2026), and has a melt value nearly equal to that, I&#039;d say my timing was pretty lucky.&nbsp; I got in before the record surge in gold prices.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1708261[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708262[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708263[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708264[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708265[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">275000</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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