He designed the $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold piece (1905–1907) for the US Mint, considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued, and the $10 "Indian Head" gold eagle; both of ...
Saint-Gaudens was commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt to design ten and twenty dollar gold coins. This site was acquired by Parks in 1954 and opened as a jointly operated playground in ...
President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...
“Rare gold coins like the 1927-D $20 gold Saint-Gaudens could have been bought in the ’70s for $60,000 and now are worth well over $3,000,000.” While gold bullion rises and falls with market ...
Visit the home of one of America’s greatest sculptors and see more than 100 works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ art in his studios and gardens, from heroic monuments to expressive portraits to the ...
Saint-Gaudens developed a design that many consider the most beautiful American coin ever conceived. The Mint's Chief Engraver, Charles E. Barber, opposed the project, but ultimately developed a ...
Saint-Gaudens Indian Head is just the head of Liberty crowned with an Indian war bonnet a la James B. Longacre’s Indian Head cent. My favorite coin for this column is an NGC-certified MS63 Indian Head ...