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

Here's a stunningly beautiful coin, the result of the genius of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. It is considered his masterpiece, and is among the greatest designs to ever grace the 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 an example of this high relief beauty. NGC has graded 976 as MS64, with 597 finer.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his studio. Photo: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site / Cornish, NH.

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."

Gold specialist David Akers writes, "The 1907 High Relief Double Eagle is, in my opinion, the most beautiful coin the United States ever issued for normal circulation. Unfortunately, it was not as practical as it was beautiful; the high relief of the standing figure of Liberty and the eagle made the coin impossible to stack properly and thus unpopular and unsuitable for commercial purposes. Minting was also impractical since it reportedly required five blows of the minting press to fully bring up the design making high speed, mass production impossible."