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1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:12,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS
<B>1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS.</B></I> Though James Longacre's designs for select denominations outlived him, by the dawn of the 20th century, only two denominations still bore his work, the largest and the smallest, the cent and the double eagle. Both designs came under criticism by President Theodore Roosevelt, who coerced noted American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens into creating new art for those denominations, as well as for the eagle. Though Saint-Gaudens never came close to completing his vision for the cent, the double eagle was a different story, and his design for the twenty dollar gold piece, struck at first in an impractical high relief, made its debut in 1907.<BR> The High Relief double eagle dies were quickly scrapped within the year, and the pieces struck from that early version are highly prized today. This hazy yellow-gold piece exhibits bold detail and strong luster. Much of the obverse displays a wire rim, though the holder impedes viewing of this detail. A highly appealing piece with only faint, widely dispersed abrasions in the fields.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Augustus Saint-Gaudens<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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