There is no gold coin ever struck by the United States Mint that remains as popular as the Gold Double Eagle. Specifically, the so-called Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagles are the most coveted. Formerly in circulation from 1907 to 1933, remaining specimens from this circulation series are sought after by investors and collectors alike. 

Coin Highlights:

• Coin arrives inside of the NGC protective plastic slab!
• Struck in 1908!
• Limited availability of certified coins!
• Contains .96750 Troy oz of actual gold content.
• Issued a face value of $20 (USD) by the United States.
• Bears a Grade of Mint State 63 from the Numismatic Guarantee Corporation.
• On the obverse is the image of Lady Liberty.
• The reverse includes the American bald eagle.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was approached directly by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 to help redesign and modernize American coinage. The vast majority of silver and gold coins in circulation in the early 20^th century had designs of Lady Liberty created by US Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber in 1892.

Known as the Barber coinage, these designs were replaced throughout the first two decades of the 20^th century. Saint-Gaudens design of Lady Liberty for the Gold Double Eagle is widely regarded as the greatest to ever feature on an American. His original design caused troubles for the US Mint though. Saint-Gaudens envisioned a high-relief strike of Liberty that US Mint technology was not prepared to quickly and easily strike on circulation coins. It was, as a result, lowered in relief so the coins could be struck in one blow.

On the obverse of 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle coins is the front-facing image of Lady Liberty he created in 1907. This captures the vision of Liberty walking away from Washington DC with the torch held in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. This side of the coins includes a total of 46 stars around the figure of Liberty, reflecting the number of states in the Union in 1908.

The reverse of 1908 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle coins features an American bald eagle in flight as it glides over the sun rising over the horizon. The rays of the sun reach up toward the coins design edges and the engravings of United States of America and Twenty Dollars are featured above. This specific 1908 Gold Double Eagle is part of the No Motto range. For all 1907 and most 1908 coins, there was no national motto of In God We Trust on the coins reverse.

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