1924-D $20 MS62 认证号04480246, PCGS号9178

1924-D $20 MS62 Pop. (149/352) (3/13). This 1924-D double eagle shows a dual surface texture, frosty deep reddish-orange margins yielding to some lighter yellow-gold reflectivity around the figure of Liberty and the central eagle on the reverse. An interesting and appealing example of this former great rarity in the series, certified in a green-label holder. Unlike the 1924 double eagles from the Philadelphia Mint, those from the Denver Mint sat around in the U.S. (mintage 3,049,500), with perhaps a few thousand being sent overseas for international transactions. Therefore, when the 1930's rolled around, they were still available to be turned over to the government and were promptly melted into gold bars and sent to Fort Knox. Survivors show strong luster and average strikes, but many have worn dies around the peripheries, as quality control was lacking. To date, just over a thousand examples have been certified the highest being the Carter/Duckor coin graded PCGS MS-66 that sold in early 2008 for $184,000.

David Akers (1975/88)

From an overall rarity standpoint, the 1924-D is nearly identical in all respects to the 1925-D and 1926-S although it is much more rare than the latter in gem condition. Prior to the mid-1950s, the 1924-D was considered to be an extremely rare issue, but subsequent discovery of several small hoards changed this. Now the 1924-D is correctly considered to be one of the medium rarities of the series. However, since the hoards contained only low quality Mint State pieces for the most part, this issue remains very rare above MS-63 condition, and it is extremely rare and nearly unobtainable in true gem condition. The finest example I have seen was a coin grading at least MS-65+, and possibly even MS-67, that appeared in a December 1981 NASCA auction and was later in Marty Haber's personal type set. Dr. William Crawford purchased the coin from Mr. Haber. Amon Carter, Jr.'s coin (now owned by Dr. Steven Duckor) is also a full gem, close in overall grade to the NASCA piece and a bit more sharply struck. I have seen only a very few other gem quality pieces, so this is obviously a major rarity in MS-65 condition.

The 1924-D is usually well struck on the central devices, but many specimens are weak (sometimes very weak) at the borders from die deterioration. Lustre is typically above average and color is nearly always very good, generally greenish gold and orange or rose. The 1924-D is always very frosty, and the few really top grade examples I have seen have been very silimar in general appearance to a nice 1923-D, except possibly for the weakness at the rims.