1907 $20 High Relief, Flat Rim MS66 PCGS....

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Striking 1907 High Relief, Flat Rim Twenty, MS66

1907 $20 High Relief, Flat Rim MS66 PCGS. Ships have been important staples as devices on American coinage for years. Historic vessels such as the Santa Maria, the Mayflower, the Nieuw Nederland, the Half Moon, and the Kalmar Nyckel have appeared on classic and modern commemoratives alongside unnamed boats in the San Francisco Bay and a number of harbors. One of the most important ships in the history of American numismatics, however, does not appear on a coin. When the Desdemona arrived in New York in 1848, among the passengers fleeing the Great Irish Famine were Bernard and Mary Saint-Gaudens, along with their to-be-famous infant son, Augustus.
Though he was hardly the first immigrant to reshape the nation's coinage (John Reich, the Barbers, and George T. Morgan come to mind), the reputation and talent that Augustus Saint-Gaudens mustered for his contributions to American money reverberate to this day. The story of Saint-Gaudens and Roosevelt is a story for the ages, with the will of the ambitious second-term President and the vision of the cancer-stricken artist fighting against the oppressive forces of Charles Barber and the rest of the Mint establishment.
The collaboration between the unlikely duo resulted in tangible mementoes: the coveted and iconic High Relief double eagles. This spectacular Premium Gem shows no trace of a wire rim. The luminous butter-yellow and antique-gold surfaces are wonderfully well-preserved, and the profoundly sculptural, decisively struck devices are equally exquisite. A marvelous exemplar that would make an attractive addition to any coin cabinet.
From The Madison Collection.(Registry values: N10218)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 26F2, PCGS# 9136, GSID# 10133)

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper
Weight: 33.44 grams
AGW: 0.9675oz

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