Spectacular NGC-graded Double Eagle in the Spotlight at Heritage Sale

An exceptionally high-grade Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) is expected to sell for well into the six figures this month. Bidding for it and other NGC-graded rarities is under way in a Heritage Auctions US coins sale that ends September 20, 2020.

1907 High Relief Wire Rim Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded NGC PF 69 and pedigreed to the Tacasyl Collection. Click images to enlarge

At center stage is the breathtaking 1907 High Relief Wire Rim $20 graded NGC PF 69. It is pedigreed to the NGC-certified Tacasyl Collection, a mesmerizing group of 27 vintage US gold coins that realized over $10 million in a 2013 sale. This particular coin has been off the market since realizing $573,300 in that auction.

NGC has graded more than 1 million Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles, and this is one of only four in the NGC Census (across all strikes and dates) that earned a grade this high. It comes from the inaugural year of the series whose design is regarded by many as the most beautiful in American coinage.

Another high-grade gold coin from more than a century earlier is also expected to generate lively bidding. An 1795 13 Leaves Eagle graded NGC MS 64 is among the highest-graded of this issue. As an example of the BD-1 variety, it is among the first $10 gold coins struck by the US Mint.

1795 13 Leaves Eagle graded NGC MS 64 Click images to enlarge

Other NGC-certified highlights in the sale include:

• a 1652 Massachusetts Willow Tree Shilling graded NGC VF 35
• a 1974-S Lincoln Cent graded NGC Mint Error MS 64 RB, with a Reverse Brockage of a 1973-S Cent
• a 1796 Quarter graded NGC MS 61
• an 1895 Morgan Dollar graded NGC PF 64 Cameo
• an 1803 Small Reverse Stars $10 graded NGC MS 62
• a 1903 $20 graded NGC PF 65 Cameo
• a 1907 High Relief Wire Rim $20 graded NGC MS 66
• a 1907 High Relief Wire Rim $20 graded NGC MS 65
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round $50 Commemorative graded NGC MS 64
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Octagonal $50 Commemorative graded NGC MS 64
• an (1849) Miners Bank $10 graded NGC MS 61