20 Dollars, United States, 1907
date: label: date made
content: 1907
name: label: maker
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 20 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1907
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Full-length Liberty holding a torch in her right hand and olive branch in left. Capitol Dome in lower left; rays of sun in background; stars around rim.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / MCMVII
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle flying through rays of sun.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY DOLLARS
label: Description (Brief)
content: Edge: E PLURIBUS UNUM divided by stars.
label: Description
content: Coins and notes do not have to be beautiful to serve as money, but they have often featured purposeful and symbolic art. Inspired by the beauty and high relief of ancient Greek coins, President Theodore Roosevelt asked eminent sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign American coinage in 1905. Saint-Gaudens died two years later, but not before giving the nation what many consider to be the most artistic American coin ever made – the 1907 double eagle ($20 dollar coin). The obverse of the coin features a powerful Liberty who appears to be striding forward in front of a rising sun. On the reverse, a graceful American eagle is in flight.
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Benjamin and Harvey G. Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU76757
label: accession number
content: 252089
label: catalog number
content: NU76757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .3 cm x 3.4 cm; 1/8 in x 1 11/32 in