Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Value Chart: Every Date From 1907 to 1933

The dates to check first

These are the lowest-mintage Saint-Gaudens double eagles struck for circulation. If you're sorting a jar or an inherited collection, pull these dates out before anything else and check the mint mark carefully.

1. 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle (High Relief): 12,367 made.
2. 1908-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle (With Motto): 22,000 made.
3. 1913-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: 34,000 made.
4. 1909-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: 52,500 made.
5. 1930-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: 74,000 made.
6. 1914 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: 95,250 made.

Every saint-gaudens double eagle by date and mint

Click any date for its full page: how many were made, the mint mark location, varieties and what to check. Mint marks matter: the same year can be common from one mint and scarce from another.

The series in 4 stages

High relief and the motto change (1907 to 1908)

Saint-Gaudens's double eagle was first struck in 1907 in high relief with the date in Roman numerals, MCMVII. Each coin needed several blows of the press, so only 12,367 were made before Chief Engraver Charles Barber reduced the relief. The low relief coins of 1907 use Arabic numerals and were struck in large numbers. A few ultra high relief patterns were made before either version.

The 1909/8 and the 48 stars (1909 to 1916)

The 1909/8 overdate came from a 1908 die altered for the new year. Traces of the 8 can be seen within the 9 under a loupe. The 1909-D with 52,500 struck and the 1913-S with 34,000 are the scarce dates of the period. In 1912 two stars were added to the ring on the obverse, raising it from 46 to 48 for New Mexico and Arizona.

Postwar mintages and overseas hoards (1917 to 1928)

Double eagle production stopped from 1917 through 1919. When it resumed in 1920, much of the output went into Treasury vaults or abroad as reserves. The 1920-S and 1921 are rare because most were melted in the 1930s. The 1927-D is one of the great rarities of American gold, with only a handful known from 180,000 struck.

Late dates and the 1933 double eagle (1929 to 1933)

Double eagles from 1929 to 1932 were struck in good numbers but few were ever released. The 1929, 1930-S, 1931, 1931-D and 1932 are all rare because nearly every coin was melted after the gold recall. Survivors are mostly uncirculated and well struck, since they never saw use in commerce. The 1931-D had a mintage of just 106,500. Counterfeits of these late dates exist, so buy them only certified.

Decade by decade

• 1900s: 10 issues, 8.8 million coins. Scarcest: 1907 (High Relief) (12,367).
• 1910s: 16 issues, 9.2 million coins. Scarcest: 1913-S (34,000).
• 1920s: 21 issues, 48 million coins. Scarcest: 1927-D (180,000).
• 1930s: 5 issues, 4.7 million coins. Scarcest: 1930-S (74,000).

Where to find the mint mark

• 1907 to 1933: On the obverse, above the date. Philadelphia coins have no mint mark.

Identifying and grading Saint-Gaudens double eagles

Look at Liberty's breast and knee and at the eagle's wing feathers. Contact marks in the open fields are common on these heavy coins.

Liberty strides forward holding a torch and an olive branch, with the Capitol building at her feet and rays of the sun behind her. The reverse shows an eagle in flight above a rising sun. The edge is lettered E PLURIBUS UNUM between stars. The 1907 high relief coins show the date in Roman numerals; later coins use Arabic numerals and lower relief.

What the value bands mean

• Face value: worth its face in worn condition; only uncirculated coins and varieties carry a premium.
• Metal value: worth its gold content in worn condition.
• Small premium: sells for a little over face or metal value even when worn.
• Collector premium: scarcer than usual, so worn coins sell well above face or metal value.
• Significant rarity: a key date, valuable in any condition and often faked.

Bands describe a coin in ordinary circulated condition. An uncirculated coin with full original luster sits a band or more higher. Recognized varieties can be worth far more than the date itself.