This exceptionally attractive Saint-Gaudens double eagle should be seen to be fully appreciated. The color is amazing with wisps of pale silver and lilac on otherwise reddish-rose patina. Lively satin to softly frosted luster swirls around nearly perfect surfaces. A razor sharp strike rounds out and the impressive attributes of this very special coin. This beauty is equally suited for a Superb Gem gold type set or the finest collection of Saint-Gaudens twenties. The 1924 vies with the 1928 as the most plentiful Saint-Gaudens double eagle in today s market. However, earlier generations of numismatists in the 1930s and opening years of the 1940s actually considered the 1924 to be a slightly scarce issue. Certainly many coins remained undistributed at the time of issue and were melted in 1937. A large number of coins, however, were exported and later repatriated, beginning in the 1950s and continuing for decades thereafter. So many examples have been repatriated that the 1924 is now readily obtainable in virtually all Mint State grades. We stress the word "virtually" here because, like all classic U.S. Mint gold coin issues, the 1924 remains rare at the highest levels of Mint State preservation, in this case MS-67 and finer. Few of the Superb Gems that we have handled over the years are as aesthetically pleasing as the example offered here. Certainly among the finest known and most beautiful survivors of this ever-popular Saint-Gaudens double eagle. ， Est. $7500-$10,000
