1908 No Motto St. Gaudens Double Eagle, NGC MS66 Wells Fargo. A wonderful representative of the no motto 1908 double eagles. Like many high grade examples, this coin was part of the so-called Wells Fargo hoard of 1908 no motto double eagles. Dispersed in the numismatic market during the 1990s, this hoard contained 19,900 examples of this issue which were kept together since the 1960s, and possibly earlier.

This issue is usually the representative of the so-called type 5 double eagle, the no-motto St. Gaudens type. This is one of the double eagles that is needed in a type set of American (gold) coinage, and is always in demand in high grades as such. The present coin is a wonderful, high grade survivor with virtually mark-free surfaces. Fully lustrous, with darker toned surfaces, this is a boldly struck example. A wonderful coin for the grade and a perfect coin for the type set collector.