1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS....

Description

1907 Twenty Dollar, MS62
Wire Rim Version of the High Relief

1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS. In 1905, Augustus Saint-Gaudens' activity as a sculptor was coming to an end. But he had one last remarkable commission to complete, a commission that would bring his career to a glorious close. He was commissioned by President Roosevelt to redesign the nation's coinage, a task that was ultimately only partly completed with the redesign of the ten and twenty dollar gold pieces. This was agreed upon at a dinner at the White House in early 1905. As his son Homer Saint-Gaudens tells it in Reminiscences: "They both grew enthusiastic over the old high-relief Greek coins, until the President declared that he would have the mint stamp a modern version of such coins in spite of itself if my father would design them." Saint-Gaudens did work on the redesign over the next two and a half years, but he never saw the pieces in actual circulation. The figure of Liberty is fully rendered on this piece and each side has a pronounced satiny texture. A few small contact marks explain the grade, along with a luster scrape in the upper-right obverse field. The wire rim is especially pronounced around the obverse.(Registry values: N4719)

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

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper
Weight: 33.44 grams
AGW: 1.06oz
Mintage: 12,367

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