"Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [obverse]

model 1905-1907, struck 1907

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Attributed to

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G1-C


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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