1927-D Double Eagle Coming Home

Eliasberg rarity at Denver


The Eliasberg specimen 1927-D double eagle is coming home.

It will be exhibited Aug. 16-19 in Denver, Colo., during the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money convention.

The 1927-D exhibit is sponsored by North American Certified Trading of Irvine, Calif.

"The 1927-D Saint-Gaudens double eagle is the Denver Mint's rarest coin, and the rarest issued 20th century U.S. gold coin," said Doug Mudd, ANA curator of exhibitions. "Only about a dozen surviving examples are known from 180,000 struck ... The Eliasberg specimen is believed to be the finest known."

Graded MS-66 by Professional Coin Grading Service, the coin is owned by an anonymous East Coast collector who purchased it for nearly $2 million earlier this year, according to Andrew Glassman, president of North American Certified Trading.

The coin was owned for decades by Baltimore banker, Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. (1896-1976), the only person to ever assemble a complete collection of U.S. coins.
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