Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
THE $20 GOLD PIECE MANY COLLECTORS CALL THE MOST BEAUTIFUL US COIN, 1907 TO 1932
- 1907 High Relief High Relief$16,750–$23,000
- 1920-S$210,000–$290,000
- 1921$150,000–$210,000
- 1927-D$470,000–$650,000
- 1929$125,000–$175,000
Prices are MS-63 estimates, Oct 2026. A photograph appears below where we hold a public-domain photo of that exact date and mint; other issues show a medallion here, and their page shows the nearest type coin, labelled.
1900s
10 issues
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1910s
16 issues1920s
21 issues1930s
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In preparationValues are Lustre editorial estimate, Oct 2026, not market data. Medallions stand in for issues without a photograph of that exact date; each value page shows a labelled type coin. How we estimate.
The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, in brief
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a $20 gold coin struck from 1907 to 1933 in 90% gold at Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens designed both sides: a striding Liberty with a torch and olive branch, and an eagle in flight. Each coin holds 0.9675 troy ounce of gold, so its melt value is the floor under every date. This catalogue lists every regular date and mint from 1907 to 1932 (51 issues), including the 1907 High Relief. The 1933 double eagle is left out: nearly all of the 445,500 struck were melted, and the Treasury treats the rest as not legally ownable, so it has no collector range here.
Most Saint-Gaudens double eagles are worth their gold plus a modest premium. The big values are the dates that were melted or held in vaults: 1927-D, 1921, 1920-S, 1930-S, 1931-D and the 1907 High Relief. Mint State prices depend on the date far more than the mintage figure suggests.
- Designer
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- Composition
- 90% gold, 10% copper
- Mint marks
- Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
- Key dates
- 1907 High Relief, 1920-S, 1921, 1927-D
Saint-Gaudens double eagle, Wikipedia: mintage and proof mintage by year and mint (1907 High Relief 12,367; 1933 note), composition, edge, designer, mint mark position, gold content (0.96750 oz). Wikipedia lists a mass of 33.431 g; Lustre uses the statutory 33.436 g (516 grains), which matches 0.96750 oz of gold at 90%.
Lustre editorial grade-value estimates, Lustre: grade value ranges (estimates, not market data).
gold-api.com spot prices (reference level for estimates), gold-api.com: reference spot prices behind the estimates.