1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS64 NGC....

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1907 Wire Rim High Relief Twenty, MS64
'The Swift and the Bold
Are Not Always Achieved at Speed'

1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS64 NGC. In his 1985 book Uncommon Clay, Burke Wilkinson makes an extended and interesting comparison between Augustus Saint-Gaudens and F. Scott Fitzgerald, both of whom toiled ceaselessly over the most minute details of their respective crafts:

"As time went on Saint-Gaudens, the perfectionist, took more and more time to reach the point where he was satisfied. Fitzgerald and Saint-Gaudens exemplify the same axiom. The swift and the bold are not always achieved at speed. The born quality is the ability to know when the desired effect has been achieved."

It took more than two years for Saint-Gaudens to know he had achieved the desired effect for the High Relief double eagle. Adapted from the figure of Liberty in the Sherman Monument, the obverse of the twenty dollar gold piece exhibits a striding figure that has a natural appearance and yet is emblematic of the new American Century. This is a high-end example of this most favorite of all American coins. The surfaces display the always-present satiny mint luster and each side is covered in light reddish patina. The wire rim (or fin in Mint parlance) is not complete around each side, but it is quite pronounced where it is present.(Registry values: N7079)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 26F2, PCGS# 9135, Greysheet# 10131)

Weight: 33.44 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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