Despite its status as one of the more frequently-encountered Saint-Gaudens double eagles in today's market, the 1926 is underrated compared to the truly common issues of the type (1924, 1927, 1928). It is seldom encountered finer than MS-66.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the Spring 2023 Showcase Auction, where it realized $5,520.