United States 1901-S 20 dollars

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 9441

This issue is a late date of a type issued 1850-1907. The reverse was modified twice; first in 1867 to add the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and second in 1877 to change "TWENTY D." to "TWENTY DOLLARS". The 1901-S and the accompanying 1901 are both common dates in all grades. This specimen was lot 9441 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description noted, "1901-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS). Gorgeous rose-orange surfaces are sharply struck with full mint luster. The San Francisco Mint struck 1,596,000 double eagles in 1901. This is a generous total that is on par with that of most other San Francisco Mint double eagles of the 1890s and early 1900s. While many examples undoubtedly remained in federal storage as backing for gold certificates, thousands were used in export trade. The coins that were shipped overseas have largely been repatriated beginning in the mid 20th century, a particularly large cache of 1901-S twenties included among the 47,000 double eagles found in Central America and dispersed by MTB during the early 1980s. Today this issue is readily obtainable in grades through MS-63, although it is scarce in basal MS-64 and rare any finer."

Specification: 33.43 g, 0.900 fine gold, reeded edge.

Recorded mintage: 1,596,000.

Catalog reference: KM 74.3.

Sources:

• Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Condition Census:

The following Condition Census lists the top ten finest 1901-S Double Eagles as of 10/24/2022:

1. PCGS MS66. John M. Clapp Collection, acquired directly from the San Francisco Mint in 3/1901 (at face value) - John H. Clapp Collection, sold intact via Stack’s in 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers and Ruddy 10/1982:1006 (as Raw Choice Brilliant Uncirculated, MS-65), $8,250 - Orlando Sale - Superior 8/1992:662 (as PCGS MS66), $15,950
2. NGC MS65. Heritage 2/2010:1779 (as NGC MS65 917793006), $16,100 - Heritage 4/2013:4591 (as NGC MS65 917793006), $16,450
3. PCGS MS64+ CAC. Heritage 2/2018:4418 (as PCGS MS64+ CAC 34457392), $7,500 - Legend Rare Coin Auctions 5/2019:575 (as PCGS MS64+ CAC 34457392), $7,638
4. PCGS MS64+ CAC. Stack's Bowers 9/2016:90826 (as PCGS MS64+ 81259849), $7,638 - Stack's Bowers 11/2017:10219 (as PCGS MS64+ CAC 81259849), $7,200
5. PCGS MS64+ CAC. Heritage 3/2018:3257 (as PCGS MS64+ CAC 34915911), $8,400
6. PCGS MS64+. Heritage 11/2011:4476 (as PCGS MS64+ 25553029), $5,750
7. PCGS MS64+. D.L. Hansen Collection (PCGS Set Registry) (as PCGS MS64+ 81720460)
8. PCGS MS64+
9. PCGS MS64. Heritage 2/2017:4092 (as PCGS MS64 82687712), $5,640 - Woodstock Coin Collection (as PCGS MS64 38852054)
10. PCGS MS64. Heritage 3/2006:2089 (as PCGS MS64 09766506), $13,800

Link to:

• 1877-CC 20 dollars
• 1901 half dollar
• 1901 10 dollars
• 1901-O 10 dollars
• 1901-S 10 dollars
• 1904 20 dollars
• Coins and currency dated 1901
• return to United States Liberty Head Double Eagles (1849-1907)

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