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High Relief Double Eagles
1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS. Augustus Saint-Gaudens' first foray into numismatic art came in 1880, when he produced a two-and-a-half inch portrait of the famous American painter, John Singer Sargent. The experience clearly had a profound impact, for two years later in a letter to George Corliss, inventor of the Corliss steam engine, he wrote, "I am greatly interested in the subject of medals." Saint-Gaudens would go on to produce the George Washington Centennial medal, the obverse of the 1893 Columbian Exposition medal (his reverse was rejected and replaced with a Barber design), and Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural medal. Undoubtedly his most famous numismatic endeavor is the widely acclaimed MCMVII High Relief double eagle. This example has bright, sparkling, yellow-gold surfaces whose satiny luster is interrupted by the small, grade-limiting abrasions scattered across each side.
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1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS62 PCGS. Augustus Saint-Gaudens' first foray into numismatic art came in 1880, when he produced a two-and-a-half inch portrait of the famous American painter, John Singer Sargent. The experience clearly had a profound impact, for two years later in a letter to George Corliss, inventor of the Corliss steam engine, he wrote, "I am greatly interested in the subject of medals." Saint-Gaudens would go on to produce the George Washington Centennial medal, the obverse of the 1893 Columbian Exposition medal (his reverse was rejected and replaced with a Barber design), and Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural medal. Undoubtedly his most famous numismatic endeavor is the widely acclaimed MCMVII High Relief double eagle. This example has bright, sparkling, yellow-gold surfaces whose satiny luster is interrupted by the small, grade-limiting abrasions scattered across each side.
HID02901242017