Eagles – Indian Head Eagle, No Motto, 1907-1908
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In 1907 a collaboration between the dynamic president Theodore Roosevelt and renown American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens resulted in the replacement of the previous Liberty...
Eagles – Indian Head Eagle, With Motto, 1908-1933
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In 1907 a collaboration between the dynamic president Theodore Roosevelt and renown American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens resulted in new designs for both the $20...
Double Eagles – Liberty Head Double Eagle, Without Motto, 1849-1866
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By 1840 the Bechtler family of North Carolina had at their private mint produced more than $2.2 million in gold coins, about half of...
Double Eagles – Liberty Head Double Eagle, With Motto, 1866-1876
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When the double eagle was proposed one of the arguments in support of the new coin was that a depositor with a large amount...
Double Eagles – Liberty Head Double Eagle, With Motto, 1877-1907
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This last variation of the Liberty double eagle, often labeled Type 3, was produced in large quantities, particularly during the last decade of the...
Double Eagles – 1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim
Frank A. Leach was superintendent of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco from 1897 to 1907. He assumed the title of Mint director in...
Double Eagles – Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, Without Motto, 1907-1908
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"I think our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness. Would it be possible, without asking permission of Congress, to employ a man like Saint-Gaudens...
Double Eagles – Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, With Motto, 1908-1933
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The first Saint-Gaudens double eagles, acclaimed as one of the most beautiful and artistic U.S. coin designs, did not display the motto IN GOD...