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$20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle

$20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle

  • 1907 $20 Saint Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63
    1907 $20 Saint Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 773091012

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  • 1908-D $20 NO MOTTO Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (572258059)
    1908-D $20 NO MOTTO Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (572258059)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 572258059

    1908-D $20 NO MOTTO Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (572258059)

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  • 1908-D $20 NO MOTTO Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65 (771365028)
    1908-D $20 NO MOTTO Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65 (771365028)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 771365028

    1908-D $20 NO MOTTO Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65 (771365028)

    $9,775.00
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  • 1908-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS66
    1908-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS66
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 769311001

    1908-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS66

    $124,200.00
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  • 1910 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (773273011)
    1910 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (773273011)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 773273011

    1910 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (773273011)

    $3,438.00
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  • 1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886014)
    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886014)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886014

    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886014)

    $3,486.00
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  • 1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886013)
    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886013)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886013

    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886013)

    $3,720.00
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  • 1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (505886015)
    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (505886015)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886015

    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (505886015)

    $3,720.00
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  • 1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (506833017)
    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (506833017)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 506833017

    1910-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (506833017)

    $3,720.00
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  • 1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64
    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886008

    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64

    $3,840.00
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  • 1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (506732012)
    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (506732012)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 506732012

    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (506732012)

    $3,354.00
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  • 1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (773273012)
    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (773273012)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 773273012

    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (773273012)

    $3,354.00
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  • 1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64
    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 506833018

    1911-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64

    $3,840.00
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  • 1911-S $20 Brown Label Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66
    1911-S $20 Brown Label Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 770735001

    1911-S $20 Brown Label Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66

    $17,250.00
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  • 1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886007)
    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886007)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886007

    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886007)

    $3,780.00
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  • 1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (520105016)
    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (520105016)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 520105016

    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (520105016)

    $5,760.00
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  • 1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (770254042)
    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (770254042)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 770254042

    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (770254042)

    $5,760.00
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  • 1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (772515022)
    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (772515022)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 772515022

    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (772515022)

    $5,760.00
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  • 1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66 (771337021)
    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66 (771337021)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 771337021

    1911-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66 (771337021)

    $17,250.00
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  • 1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886019)
    1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886019)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886019

    1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886019)

    $3,660.00
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  • 1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886020)
    1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886020)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886020

    1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (505886020)

    $3,660.00
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  • 1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (506732001)
    1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (506732001)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 506732001

    1913-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (506732001)

    $3,660.00
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  • 1914 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65 (772993001)
    1914 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65 (772993001)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 772993001

    1914 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65 (772993001)

    $23,650.00
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  • 1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63
    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886024

    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63

    $3,420.00
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  • 1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64
    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886025

    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64

    $3,720.00
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  • 1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63
    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 773273014

    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63

    $3,420.00
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  • 1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (505886027)
    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (505886027)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886027

    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS63 (505886027)

    $3,420.00
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  • 1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (505886026)
    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (505886026)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886026

    1914-D $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (505886026)

    $3,720.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886002)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886002)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886002

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886002)

    $3,360.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (572258046)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (572258046)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 572258046

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (572258046)

    $3,360.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (173767060)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (173767060)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 173767060

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (173767060)

    $3,384.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (504454004)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (504454004)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 504454004

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (504454004)

    $3,384.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (571574029)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (571574029)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 571574029

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (571574029)

    $3,384.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (572256024)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (572256024)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 572256024

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (572256024)

    $3,384.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (772938194)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (772938194)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 772938194

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS63 (772938194)

    $3,384.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (772515023)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (772515023)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 772515023

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+ (772515023)

    $4,560.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886003

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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (506833021)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (506833021)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 506833021

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS64 (506833021)

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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886001)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886001)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886001

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886001)

    $4,320.00
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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886004)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886004)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886004

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886004)

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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886005)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886005)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886005

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886005)

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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886006)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886006)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886006

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886006)

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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886097)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886097)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886097

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886097)

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  • 1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886098)
    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886098)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886098

    1914-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65 (505886098)

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  • 1915 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886113)
    1915 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886113)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886113

    1915 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886113)

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  • 1915 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS62 (773194058)
    1915 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS62 (773194058)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 773194058

    1915 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS62 (773194058)

    $3,660.00
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  • 1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886100)
    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886100)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886100

    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (505886100)

    $3,330.00
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  • 1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (572258047)
    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (572258047)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 572258047

    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62 (572258047)

    $3,330.00
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  • 1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886099)
    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886099)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886099

    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886099)

    $3,660.00
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  • 1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886101)
    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886101)
    U.S. Mint
    | SKU: 505886101

    1915-S $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS64 (505886101)

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$20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle

The assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, allowed Teddy Roosevelt to become the next president. Roosevelt finished McKinley’s term and in 1904 he ran for President for the first time. Roosevelt, unlike McKinley, sought to leave his imprint on America. He had a long list of priorities. One of those priorities was to change America’s Gold coinage. Roosevelt believed that the impressive high-relief ancient gold coins of Greece and Rome were the pinnacle of numismatic beauty and style. The current American Liberty Head Gold Coin series, created by James B. Longacre, was dull, boring, and unimaginative. Although these coins were the “commerce of the day” they still should represent America and portray our nation’s beauty and majesty.

There were five coins whose designs could be changed without Congressional approval. These were the one cent coin, and the four currently minted gold coins: $2.50 Quarter Eagle, $5.00 Half Eagle, $10.00 Eagle, and the $20.00 Double Eagle.

Unlike all of his predecessors’ busts of Miss Liberty, Saint-Gaudens created a Miss Liberty with a sense of motion. A standing full-body Miss Liberty directly faced the viewer. In her right hand she held the torch of Liberty and in her left hand an olive branch. She is wearing a flowing gown, standing with one leg upon a rock. In the distance, the city of Washington DC can be seen as evidenced by the US Capitol Building. Rays emanate from the sun that is behind Miss Liberty and above her is the motto “LIBERTY.” There are 46 six-pointed stars around the periphery, representing each state in 1907. The date is represented in Roman Numerals.

The reverse had a majestic American eagle in flight. Above her were the legends “UNITED STATES IF ANERICA” and the denomination, “TWENTY DOLLARS.” As the eagle is in flight, she is illuminated by the rays of the sun.

Both the figure of Miss Liberty and the American eagle were designed and struck in Ultra High Relief. As majestic as it made those coins, they were imperfect for commerce. They could not stack or be struck easily due to the extremely high relief. The mintage numbers of these Ultra High Relief coins are extremely small and unknown. The few surviving coins that embody Saint-Gaudens’ actual vision are considered Patterns they are so rare. The motto “E PLURIBUS UNUM” and stars surround the edge.

The relief was lowered as a response to the complaints from merchants and from the Mint employees. Even these coins pleased Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens, but they were truly impractical for business usage, so a significantly lower relief coin was finally designed.

The final version of the commercial product not only had the relief significantly lowered but also had the date changed to Arabic Numerals. Some 361,667 coins were minted in 1907. In 1908, coins were struck at both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints striking 4,271,551 coins and 663,750 coins, respectively.

In 1908 a debate arose as whether to add the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” to the Double Eagle or not. President Roosevelt was steadfastly against it. Roosevelt had specifically requested Saint-Gaudens not to put the motto on the new coins as he felt it was a debasement of the Deity’s name. Saint-Gaudens happily omitted the motto as he felt the words detracted from the design elements. 

The public, on the other hand, raised an enormous outcry about the omission of the motto, and it forced Congress to order the motto to appear. Charles E. Barber, the Chief Engraver of the US Mint did not like coin designs from outsiders, so he happily modified the coin to include the motto. The motto was added in one arc between the sun and its rays on the reverse of the coin. All subsequent coins would carry the motto until the end of the US Gold coinage series occurred in 1933.

Although the mintages of many of these dates were significantly high, many were not released to the public from the Mint and subsequently they were melted under President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order to recall the majority of our gold coins and return them to the Mint for exchange and then melting. The obverse design was reused on the 1986 American Eagle Gold Bullion coin and subsequent years.

The 1933 coin holds a special allure. It was believed that all 445,500 coins were melted in 1933 and no coins were legally issued. The Secret Service has confiscated coins over the years. Two of the coins were sent directly to the Smithsonian before the rest were melted. But it is believed that some 10-20 coins were received from the Mint, legally or illegally. One coin was in the possession of King Farouk of Egypt. After the King’s death the coin remained underground until it surfaced in NY in the 1990s. After much legal wrangling, the proceeds of nearly $7.6 million dollars were split between the Treasury Department and the public owners. Ten specimens were submitted to the Mint by the heirs of a Philadelphia jeweler who claimed to have received them legally in 1933 before Roosevelt’s order. The Mint authenticated the coins but refused to return them. The case went as high as the US Supreme Court, who refused to hear the case. The Mint now owns those specimens as well.

The St. Gaudens $20 Double Eagle Gold Coin was produced from 1907 through 1933. President Roosevelt began his idea to beautify American coinage around 1904 and selected Augustus Saint-Gaudens as the artist. Roosevelt was a huge admirer of ancient Greek coins, especially those of high-relief designs and saw an opportunity to further his cause. He felt Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the most capable of the task. Even though Augustus Saint-Gaudens had a poor relationship with the Mint and its chief engraver, Charles E. Barber, Saint-Gaudens accepted the challenge. The work continued through considerable delays, due to Saint-Gaudens’s declining health and difficulties with his high relief design. Sadly, Saint-Gaudens died in 1907, after completing his design of the gold eagle and gold double eagle, but before the designs went to production. He never saw his coins in circulation.

The first years of production, 1907 and 1908 the coins lacked the words “In God We Trust”, (No Motto), and Congress intervened to require the motto’s use, (Motto). The coin was minted primarily for use in international trade until 1933.

Some Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle facts:

  • Since the $20 gold double eagle coin had twice the value of the $10 gold eagle, these coins were designated “double eagles“. The first double eagle was minted in 1849, coinciding with the California Gold Rush.
  • Measuring 34 mm in diameter, the coins weigh 33.436 grams each and consist of 90% gold and 10% copper. The Double Eagle contains .9675 ounce of gold.
  • The mint mark is located on the reverse, just above the date. “D” is for the Denver Mint, while an “S” indicates production at the San Francisco Mint. The other facility to produce these coins, Philadelphia, did not use a mint mark.

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