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Augustus Saint-Gaudens

"Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [obverse], model 1905-1907, struck 1907

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G1-C

Medium

gold alloy

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of John Wilmerding

Accession Number

2008.100.1.a

Artists / Makers

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (artist) American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907

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Inscription

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

Provenance

John Wilmerding, Princeton; gift 2008 to NGA.

Associated Names

Wilmerding, John, Professor

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