United States 1924 20 dollars

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue is a late date of a type issued 1908-33. Altho minted in the millions, some dates such as the 1924-D and 1924-S are rare because they were melted after the gold surrender of 1933. The type circulated little anyway, being supplanted by paper currency. The reverse was modified in 1908 to add "IN GOD WE TRUST".

Specification: 33.43 g, 0.900 fine gold, edge lettered E PLURIBUS UNUM.

Recorded mintage: 4,323,500.

Catalog reference: KM 131.

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.

Link to:

• 1922 20 dollars
• 1923 5 cents
• 1924 "Huguenot" half dollar
• 1925 20 dollars
• Coins and currency dated 1924
• return to United States Saint Gaudens Double Eagles (1907-1933)