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Melt value, today
Liberty Double Eagle ($20 Gold)
$4,206
0.9675 oz gold × $4,347.50/oz gold spot
SPOT $4,347.50/oz gold · 2026-09-21
A Liberty Head $20 gold piece holds the same 0.9675 oz of gold as a Saint-Gaudens: the earlier pre-1933 design.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
Melt
$4,206
2026-09-21
Common-date retail
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A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- Common later dates trade near melt plus a small type premium. Many dates from the 1850s–1880s, especially branch-mint pieces, are genuinely scarce; which type (I, II, or III) matters for value.
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Related series
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ($20 Gold)American Gold Eagle (1 oz)American Gold Buffalo (1 oz)Indian Head Gold Eagle ($10 Gold)
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