1911-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
Semi-keyA San Francisco issue from the early years of the series, struck while the double eagle still moved in ordinary commerce.
Mintage
- Business strikes
- 775,750
- Mint
- San Francisco (S)
- Mintage rank
- 29 of 52
Rank 1 is the lowest business-strike mintage in the series. Mintage and survival diverge more sharply in this series than anywhere else on the site. Double eagles were held as reserves rather than spent, so large numbers never entered circulation at all, and Executive Order 6102 recalled gold coin in 1933. The Treasury melting that followed destroyed most of what it held, and the issues of the late 1920s and early 1930s were hit hardest because they had barely left the vaults. The 1927-D is the extreme case: 180,000 struck, and a handful known today. Read the mintage here as what was made, never as what is available.
Reading the figure
Among the 15 San Francisco issues in the series it is the 6th smallest. Of the 1,819,500 struck across all mints in 1911, this issue accounts for 43%. That is 3.9 times the Philadelphia figure for the same year. The 1911 split ran Denver 846,500, San Francisco 775,750 and Philadelphia 197,250. Series-wide output fell that year: 1,819,500 against 3,039,250 in 1910.
Every sentence above is computed from the mintage table on this page, not asserted separately.
Scarcity tier
Semi-key
Assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 is a key date, under 2,500,000 is a semi-key.
This is a reproducible label derived from the mintage column, not a market valuation and not a Coin Curator price opinion. The same thresholds apply to every series on this site. Several dates are far harder or far easier to obtain than their mintage implies; where that is true, it is stated above.
Recent sold prices
Last checked Sep 16, 2026 · most recent sale Aug 29, 2026What certified 1911-S Saint-Gaudens double eagles actually sold for on eBay in the last 90 days, grouped by grade band. Every figure below is a completed sale of a PCGS, NGC or ANACS coin in a straight grade. This is a record of what changed hands, not a price guide, an appraisal, or a prediction of what yours is worth.
Mint State
MS60 and above$5,474
Median of 4 sales
- Lowest
- $4,297
- Highest
- $5,875
The 4 most recent sales
- $5,875NGC MS65 · Aug 29, 20261911 S MS65 !!!! $20 St. Gaudens Gold Double Eagle NGC graded!!!!
- $4,297NGC MS64 · Aug 9, 2026🔥1911-S $20 Gold Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle - NGC MS64🔥, C104
- $5,699NGC MS62 · Jul 22, 20261911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle NGC MS62 - Old NGC Holder
- $5,249PCGS MS65 · Jun 28, 20261911-S Pre-33 $20 Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagle Coin PCGS MS65
Seller titles, verbatim. An ended eBay listing stays readable for about 90 days, so older links will expire.
How to read these
- The median is the middle sale after removing outliers. The range is every sale kept, including the outliers, so you can see how wide the market actually is.
- Grade drives most of the difference. A band with three sales tells you far less than a band with thirty, and the count is shown so you can weigh it.
- Sales of coins in “Details”, “Genuine” or cleaned holders are excluded, as are proofs, replicas, lots, and mounted coins. Those sell at prices that would not describe the coin on this page.
- So is any sale priced below what this same date fetches in a lower grade, which is impossible for a real coin and is how a counterfeit in a convincing holder gives itself away.
Coin Curator does not grade, authenticate, or appraise coins, and holds no licensed price guide or population data. How this data is collected.
Mintage tells you very little in this series. Mintage and survival diverge more sharply in this series than anywhere else on the site. Read the full note on the series page.
What to check before buying
Nothing about this date calls for a check beyond the ones that apply to any certified coin.
And for any certified coin
Verify the certification number on the grading service’s own lookup rather than from a photograph of the label, match the listing images to the certification record including grade and any variety attribution, look for cleaning, compare the mintmark against published photographs of the genuine issue, and read the return policy before buying. The grading guide covers each of these in full.
Coin Curator does not grade, authenticate, or appraise coins, and holds no licensed price guide or population data. Where this page shows recent sold prices, they are records of completed eBay sales, not a valuation of any particular coin. These are verification steps, not an appraisal.
Verify a certification number
Look a 1911-S certification number up on the service’s own site. A photograph of a label proves nothing.
Each service publishes its own guarantee with conditions and exclusions. Compare PCGS, NGC and ANACS.
Find a 1911-S for sale
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Common questions
How many 1911-S Saint-Gaudens double eagles were minted?
The San Francisco Mint struck 775,750 1911-S Saint-Gaudens double eagles for circulation. That is the 29th lowest business-strike mintage of the 52 date and mintmark combinations in the series.
Is the 1911-S Saint-Gaudens double eagle a key date?
Coin Curator labels it a semi-key, assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 struck is a key date and under 2,500,000 is a semi-key. The same thresholds are used for every series on this site, so the tiers are comparable between them. That label describes production, not market value or how hard the coin is to find today. A San Francisco issue from the early years of the series, struck while the double eagle still moved in ordinary commerce.
What should I check before buying a 1911-S Saint-Gaudens double eagle?
Verify the certification number on the grading service's own lookup page, match the listing photographs to the certification record, check for cleaning, and compare the mintmark shape and position against published photographs of the genuine issue.
Related dates
Guides for this coin
All guides →Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: A Collector’s Guide
The most beautiful US coin and one of the most collectible pre-1933 golds. The major types (Ultra High Relief, High Relief, No Motto, With Motto), the famous keys, and how to buy common dates well.
1 min readMarket ContextPre-1933 Gold Coin Collecting and Market Context
Research Saint-Gaudens, Liberty Head, and Indian Head gold by exact type, date, grade, surfaces, current metal value, and coin-specific evidence.
1 min readVintage GuideThe 1933 Double Eagle: A Provenance Lesson
The 1933 Double Eagle combines contested ownership, government litigation, exceptional provenance, and a documented 2021 auction record.
1 min readBuying GuideMS-63 vs MS-65 vs MS-67: Which Grade to Actually Buy
Adjacent grades can carry very different market evidence. Learn how to compare surfaces, eye appeal, population data, and current records before choosing a grade.
1 min readMintage sources
Mintage figures are U.S. Mint production records, cross-checked against the published tables below on 2026-08-02. Where those tables disagree, the disagreement is disclosed on the affected page rather than resolved silently.
- CoinMintages.com, Saint-Gaudens double eagle mintages — Reports the 1907 relief types and the 1908 motto types separately, with proofs listed apart from business strikes.
- Wikipedia, "Saint-Gaudens double eagle" — Mintage table citing Yeoman and Bowers, and the source for the Ultra High Relief being an experimental piece rather than an issue.
- NGC and dealer references, 1909 and 1910-S — Consulted to break the two disagreements between the tables above.
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