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

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Favored High Relief 1907 Twenty
Wire Rim, MS62

1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS. When American fine art shifted towards abstraction, an event often symbolized by the Armory Show of 1913 (and Theodore Roosevelt's famous declaration, "That's not art!"), the Beaux-Arts style of the late Augustus Saint-Gaudens fell out of favor with the art world. Numismatists, on the other hand, have long held Saint-Gaudens in a position of high esteem for his coinage designs. Recent re-evaluations of Saint-Gaudens and his place in art history have been more positive, once again giving this great artist the attention he deserves.
Most collectors were first introduced to the work of Saint-Gaudens through his High Relief double eagles, such as this Wire Rim example. Moderately patinated yellow-gold fields give way to the signature sculptural devices of the design. Both sides show a prominent wire rim. Wispy abrasions in the obverse fields contribute to the grade.(Registry values: N4719)

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

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper
Weight: 33.44 grams
AGW: 0.9675oz
Mintage: 12,367

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