The 1916-S is the only double eagle of its date, and the final one produced prior to 1920. It is one of the more underrated early date issues in the Saint-Gaudens series from a mintage of 796,000 pieces, Mint State survivors rarer than those of the 1911-D, 1914-D, 1914-S and 1915-S.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the November 2023 Showcase Auction, where it realized $12,000.