<p>A Complete History and Price Guide By Q. David Bowers. Contains over 250 pages Year by year historical analysis of each Double Eagle minted Comprehensive pricing for multiple grades Complete mintage figures Certified population reports 8 page color photo spread Softcover</p>

A guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins: A Complete History and Price Guide

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bowers, Q. David

Akers, David W.

Antiques & Collectibles

Whitman Publishing

The four series of 20th-century United States gold coins are, without question, the most popular and widely collected of all United States gold coins. Relatively few people have the interest, tenacity and wherewithal to try and complete series of other United States gold coins but a surprising number of people are currently at work on one or more of the 20th-century series. There are a number of valid reasons for this. First, the series are all relatively short. The Indian Head quarter eagle series consists of only 15 coins, the half eagle series just 24 coins. The Saint-Gaudens eagle and double eagle series, although somewhat larger, still contain only 32 and 54 coins respectively.A second factor is the attractiveness of the designs. The Bela Lyon Pratt designed quarter eagle and half eagle are very distinctive and unique among all United States coins with their incuse (sunken) devices; and, of course, the two Saint-Gaudens designs are generally considered to be among the most beautiful United States coins of any denomination ever issued.

A Handbook of the 20th Century United States Gold Coins 1907-1933

Bowers & Merena Galleries

Bowers & Merena Galleries [Published date: 1988]. Hard cover, 182 pp.. [Excerpt from Preface] Foreword By Q. David BowersIn 1975 David W. Akers produced a landmark reference: United States Gold Coins, An Analysis of Auction Records, Gold Dollars, 1849-1889. Each issue in the gold dollar series was illustrated, described and evaluated on the basis of the frequency of its auction sale appearances. During the next seven years additional volumes were created, through the double eagle series.In 1982, when I catalogued the Eliasberg Collection of United States gold coins, the most complete collection ever to cross the auction block (and which realized $12.4 million), I had each of David Akers' books at my side, to help me determine how rare certain issues were and to aid in the study of other characteristics. Now,years later, the series of David W. Akers' earlier gold books are classics, with some titles being out of print.These excellent studies served as a jumping-off point for the present volume. The excellent methodology employed earlier has been improved, with the result that the current study includes not only auction data, but information based upon surveys of private collections, plus the author's extensive professional experience.Among all American gold coins, the designs of the 20th century are the most popular. The illustrious $10 and $20 motifs conceived by noted sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the $2 1/2 and $5 pieces designed by Bela Lyon Pratt each have strong followings. The trouble heretofore for all these series is that little information has been available concerning the true rarity of issues in higher grades. It is my opinion that for double eagles in particular, issues prior to 1920 were circulated fairly extensively in banking and other channels, with the result that relatively few Mint State pieces found their way into hoards. From the 1920s onward, the situation changed and gold coins were used very little in banking channels.

Handbook of Twentieth Century United States Gold Coins

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A guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins: A Complete History and Price Guide

A Handbook of the 20th Century United States Gold Coins 1907-1933

Handbook of Twentieth Century United States Gold Coins