1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS65+ PCGS....

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1907 Wire Rim High Relief Twenty, MS65+
Widely Distributed and Well-Preserved

1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS65+ PCGS. Ex: Simpson. Frederick MacMonnies was a fellow American sculptor and contemporary of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. MacMonnies was the first sculptor in America to popularize small bronzes of his better-known works. He encouraged Saint-Gaudens to capitalize on the French vogue for bronzes d'art to an increasing number of American collectors. He began by producing reductions of his Diana statuette in 1890. (His first reduction of the "little" Diana was still 13 feet tall.) Saint-Gaudens continued with the popular plaques of Robert Louis Stevenson in the late 1890s. The High Relief double eagle was by far his most prolific reduction with a mintage of 12,367 pieces. These High Relief gold coins were widely distributed and the majority survive today with many known in the finer grades of Uncirculated. This is an exceptionally well-preserved example that displays radiant, satiny mint luster with no obvious contact marks on either side. The extruded metal that makes up the wire rim encircles approximately two-thirds of each side. Exceptional quality for the grade.(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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