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1924-P Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagle MS65

2020-03-09 03:52:00
1924-P Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagle MS65

1924-P Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagle MS65

 

The Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle, widely considered the most beautiful of all American gold coins, was minted from 1907 to 1933. The 1924 examples we are offering were struck at the Philadelphia Mint nearly a century ago and are composed of 90% gold. These stunning 1924 examples are available in Mint State 65 condition and have a population of less than 2% of their entire mintage in this grade!

President Theodore Roosevelt is famous for his harsh critique of American coinage as something that is “artistically of atrocious hideousness.” With this adamant view about previously circulating American coinage, President Roosevelt made the redesigning of the United States’ coins one of his main goals. The first step in the process of giving American coinage a complete facelift was to find an artist to help. The choice was clear to President Roosevelt, he needed to have Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the nation’s leading sculptor, redesign the Double Eagle. What manifested from President Roosevelt’s decision was the Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle, which was minted from 1907 to 1933. This coin is widely considered the most beautiful piece of U.S coinage and is often given credit for sparking the American Coin Renaissance.

These gold coins became even rarer when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102 in 1933. This executive order was meant to help boost the declining American economy by recalling public gold and melting it back down. Due to the large amount of gold that was seized from the public at this time, coins like the 1924 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle became even more limited than they already were. Don’t miss your chance to add the rare 1924 Saint-Gaudens to your collection in MS65 for only $2,995!