1907 $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle, High Relief Wire Edge PCGS MS64

Here's a stunningly beautiful coin, the creation of the brilliant Augustus Saint-Gaudens. It is considered his masterpiece, and is among the greatest designs to ever grace to surface of a coin. This is numismatic art at simply its finest, not only American but throughout the world. And now you have an opportunity to acquire a high-end version of this beauty. PCGS has graded 1,077 as MS64, with 471 finer.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his studio.

Jeff Garrett writes,

The 1907 High Relief Double Eagle is one of the most popular coins ever struck by the United States Mint. The coins are sculptural in appearance and are considered by many to be the most beautiful regular issue gold coin ever produced. Unfortunately, the design was also impractical and redesigned by Charles Barber later in the year. The date is given in Roman numerals (the coins nickname by some) and lacks the Motto, IN GOD WE TRUST. President Roosevelt believed that money could easily be used for ungodly pursuits such as gambling and thus the name of the Lord should not be used on coinage. The 1907 High Relief is categorized by most as either Wire Rim or Flat Rim. The coins are identical except for raised metal around the rims. This is probably the result of some tinkering by the Mint while they struggled to produce coins with such extreme relief.