Earlier this week, Coin World Facebook fan Jack Kennedy posed the following question: "What's the bigger holy grail: 1933 Saint-Gaudens or 1913 Liberty nickel?" Kennedy is referring to the 1933 ...
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 ...
The sixth and latest edition of the Whitman book "100 Greatest United States Coins" features updates, including a shift in ...
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 ...
the pretty young Irish waitress whom the late Augustus St. Gaudens took as a model when designing the new issue of gold coins. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
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 ...
In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt tried to beautify American coins by enlisting the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to design a $20 gold coin, or double eagle. Today, that coin is considered ...
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 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 ...