The experimental high-relief $20 coin struck on December 22, 1907 was the work of two famous Americans: President Theodore Roosevelt and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The President was a great admirer of ancient Greek coins and wanted to bring similar beauty to the U.S. coinage. He approached saint-Gaudens to redesign the 10 and the 20 dollar coins. For the $20 the sculptor chose an advancing figure of Liberty for the obverse and a flying eagle on the reverse. Chief-Engraver of the U.S. Mint, Charles Barber, resented the new design, partly because the high relief of the coin required a longer striking process, thus only a few of the very high relief pieces were struck in December, 1907. Soon afterwards new dies with a much lower relief were created for this coin; it was issued for circulation from 1907to 1933. The coin above shows the ultra-high relief. It was a gift from Saint-Gaudens to President Roosevelt. In 1967, this piece was donated to the National Numismatic Collection by Cornelius van Schaak Roosevelt, a nephew of the President.
Diameter: 34 millimeters Weight: 33.436 grams Composition: .900 gold, .100 copper Edge: Lettered E PLURIBUS UNUM Net Weight: .96750 ounce pure gold Designer: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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1866-76
DOUBLE EAGLE CORONET HEAD TYPE 2
... check the eagle's wing tips ... in production until 1907, when President ...
SPECIFICATIONS:
Diameter: 34 millimeters ... United States Gold Coins, Volume VI, Double Eagles
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Coin Gallery Online -
1907 Double Eagle
... 900 Gold, .100 Copper, Diameter: 34mm. Weight: 33.436 ... High Relief $20
Gold Pieces
(Double Eagles) were struck ... February and March 1907 in proof format ...
$20 Saint-Gaudens Double
Eagle
... quarter inches in diameter. These are not ... coins minted from 1907 to 1933
... of Saint-Gaudens
gold coins in ... Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Brilliant
1899
PROOF TYPE 3 LIBERTY DOUBLE EAGLE
... eagle and quarter eagle. Only 84 Proof double eagles were made ... Facts and
Figures Diameter:
34 millimeters. ... ounce pure gold. Designer: James B ... Issued: 1877-1907.
double-eagle
... Minted: 1907-1933 Precious Metal Content: .96750 oz. Pure Gold Diameter:
34mm Minted
At: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is ...
Saint-Gaudens
High Relief Double Eagle 1907
... the high-relief double eagle to have been “the ... SPECIFICATIONS:
Diameter: 34 millimeters.
Weight ... Century United States Gold Coins 1907-1933,Bowers & ...
Saint Gauden's Double
Eagle
... died in August 1907, before production began ... high-relief double eagle to
have ... SPECIFICATIONS:
Diameter: 34 millimeters. ... Composition: .900 gold, .100
1925
Double Eagle
... 1925 $20 OR DOUBLE EAGLE Mintage: Circulation strikes ... Diameter: ±34
millimeters.
Metal content: Gold - 90% Other - 10 ... 13, 2000, Lot 1907 @$368.00 MS ...
1866-78 Double
Eagle Coronet Head Liberty Type 2
... check the eagle's wing tips ... production until 1907, when President ...
ceased. SPECIFICATIONS:
Diameter: 34 millimeters ... United States Gold Coins ... VI, Double Eagles 1849
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dbl-eagle
... $20.00 Minted: 1849-1907 Precious Metal Content ... oz. Pure Gold Diameter:
34 mm. lbty-dbl-eagle-both.gif
The ... the largest gold coins the ... the Liberty Double Eagle. ...
SS Central America
... 96750 oz. Pure Gold. DIAMETER 34 mm. The important ... to hoard valuable $20
gold coins.
The Double Eagle was minted from 1849-1907, but mintages were ...
Gold Coins Basic Facts
... $20 Liberty Double Eagle (1877-1907) Weight: 1.0750 troy oz. Fineness: .900
or 21.6
karats Diameter: 34mm Fine Gold Content: .9675 troy oz. Estimated Value:360. ...
Gold Coins:
Basic Facts
... $20 Liberty Double Eagle (1877-1907) Weight: 1.0750 troy oz. Fineness: .900
or 21.6
karats Diameter: 34mm Fine Gold Content: .9675 troy oz. Estimated Value:360. ...
UNITED STATES GOLD PICTURES
... $20.00 "Double Eagle," Liberty Type, 1877-1907 Weight: 33.4370
grams (1.0750 troy
oz.) Fineness: .900 or 21.6 karats Diameter: 34 mm Fine Gold Content: 30.0933
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US Gold Coinage
... The Double Eagle was the largest ... 900 gold, .100 copper; diameter 34 mm.
reeded edge ... of
the California Gold Rush of 1849 ... was continued into 1907 with two ...
