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The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty-dollar gold coin, or double eagle, produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who designed the obverse and reverse. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful of U.S. coins.
The 1933 double eagle is a United States 20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this Saint-Gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression, [1] none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being ...
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.
On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...
A double eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. [1] (Its gold content of 0.9675 troy ounces [30.09 g] was worth $20 at the 1849 official price of $20.67/ozt.) The coins are 34 mm × 2 mm and are made from a 90% gold (0.900 fine or 21.6 kt) and 10% copper alloy and have a total weight of 1.0750 troy ounces (1.1794 ...
Longacre's initials, JBL, appear on the truncation of the head. The gold dollar and twenty-dollar piece were the first American federal coins on which the designer's initials appear—on the gold dollar, only the "L" is used. [30] Longacre's designs for the double eagle and the Type I gold dollar (1849–1854) are similar. [31]
Morgan Dollar (CC privy mark) [4] Ag 99.9% Authorized: 250,000 (max) May 24, 2021 Morgan Dollar (O privy mark) [4] Ag 99.9% Authorized: 250,000 (max) May 24. 2021 $1: Peace Dollar [4] Liberty A perched bald eagle Ag 99.9% Authorized: 200,000 (max) August 10, 2021 50¢ National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum half dollar TBA TBA Cu 92%, Ni 8 ...
A complete typeset of seven Double eagle gold $20 coins from 1849 to 1933. Included is one image (a three-photo montage) of edge lettering and detail on a high relief 1907 $20 coin. Articles in which these images appear Double eagle (all), Liberty Head double eagle, Saint-Gaudens double eagle, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, James B. Longacre