1909/8 $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63

Gold specialist David Akers tells us, “This is the only overdate among the gold issues from 1907 to 1933.” So if you enjoy collecting such varieties, please take a close look at this coin and review the information in this listing. PCGS has graded 457 of the 1909/8 Saints as MS63 with 151 finer. Collectors Universe give this variety a price of $7,500.00 in MS63.

Close-up image of the 1909/8 overdate courtesy of the PCGS Coin Facts website.

Jeff Garrett writes, "This overdate was created when the Mint engraver used a 1908 and a 1909 hub to create at least one die. Some believe that only a single die was used to coin the overdate, which is possible considering that the population reports show a virtually equal number of overdate and regular date 1909 Double Eagles have been graded. This overdate was first discovered in 1910 and published by Edgar Adams in The Numismatist. Later it was popularized by Wayte Raymond in his Coin Collector's Journal in May 1943. This issue was once considered scarce until large amounts were found in European bank hoards." Considering the above, the mintage of the 1909/8 was probably around 80,641, half the documented 1909 mintage of 161,282.