1908 $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle, No Motto PCGS MS64 (Gold Label)

Stunning near-gem--and quite affordable--example of one of our most beautiful coin designs. PCGS has awarded the MS64 grade to 60,036 pieces, with 44,867 finer. This piece has the desirable PCGS Gold Label.

Jeff Garrett writes of this issue,

After some struggles in 1907 producing gold coins, the United States Mint got the ball rolling in 1908. The 1908 No Motto Double Eagle is one of the most common issues of the series. Large numbers were sent to European banks and a steady supply of the issue has been flowing back to the states for decades. An incredible hoard of the date was discovered in the 1990s by Ron Gillio. There were 19,900 pieces and most were Choice to Gem in condition. Temporarily stored in a Wells Fargo Bank vault, the coins were named “The Wells Fargo Hoard.” Luckily for Type coin collectors, the short lived “No Motto” design may be easily obtained. The 1908 No Motto is the only date of the series after 1907 to have been certified as MS 69.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the sculptor-medalist who crafted the design of this beautiful coin.