"Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [obverse]

model 1905-1907, struck 1907

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Associated Names
Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907

This is a round gold coin or medallion. The coin depicts a woman in flowing robes holding a torch in one hand and an olive branch in the other, surrounded by rays of light. Her long hair flows behind her. One of her knees is bent, the foot resting on what seems to be a large rock, while her other foot is next to a small domed building. The coin is inscribed with the word "LIBERTY" at the top surrounded by a ring of stars. The date "MCMVII" is imprinted at the lower right.

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G1


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gold alloy

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Wilmerding

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.100.1.a

Associated Artworks

"Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [reverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

1905


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Wilmerding, Princeton; gift 2008 to NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

around circumference, obverse: LIBERTY; lower right, obverse: MCMVII / ASG; on edge of coin: EPLURIBUSUNUM**

Wikidata ID

Q63863753

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