Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 20 dollar coin
- United States, 1907
- 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.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1907
- Reverse Image: Eagle flying through rays of sun.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY DOLLARS
- Edge: E PLURIBUS UNUM divided by stars.
- Description
- United States Mint Chief Engraver Charles Barber believed high relief was impractical. He literally flattened Augustus Saint-Gaudens's original concept, turning a beautiful coin into a pretty one. He also changed the date from Roman to Arabic numerals.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- mint
- United States Mint
- designer
- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
- Date made
- 1907
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:;
- Object Name
- coin
