The most popular gold coin ever struck by the United States is the Gold Double Eagle. Widely used throughout the country from 1849 to 1933, the Gold Double Eagle was a $20 (USD) coin in the wider Gold Eagle Series of circulation gold currency that was based upon the $10 (USD) face value of the Gold Eagle. Today, 1908 $20 Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagle Coins are available to you online from JM Bullion with NGC certification.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives inside of a protective plastic slab courtesy of the NGC!
• Issued in 1908 only with the “No Motto” design!
• Limited availability of Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagles in this condition!
• Contains .9675 Troy oz of actual gold content.
• The face value of $20 (USD) is fully backed by the US government.
• Graded Mint State 67 by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.
• On the obverse is Saint-Gaudens’ iconic image of Lady Liberty.
• The reverse side of the coin bears his American bald eagle design.

The Gold Double Eagle coins were issued from 1849 following the influx of gold to US Treasury coffers from the California Gold Rush through 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the nation off the gold standard to bolster gold reserves during the Great Depression. The Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle coins are those issued between 1907 and 1933 with his iconic design of Liberty.

All 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagles in this listing come to you with a Mint State 67 certification from the NGC. Coins with an MS67 certification have original luster and strike for the date mark. The coins may feature three to four very small contact marks, along with one more noticeable mark that is not detracting in value. No hairlines are visible on an MS67 coin without magnification, if any exist.

On the obverse of 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagles is the image of Liberty walking forward from the federal capital in Washington DC, with the US Capitol Building visible in the background. This was the first image of Liberty to truly break the mold for the US Mint, with most coins prior to this featuring left- or right-profile busts of Liberty in Greek and Roman depictions.

The reverse of $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle Coins includes the vision of an American bald eagle flying over the rising sun as its rays reach out toward the sky. The coins issued in 1907 and 1908 in the Gold Double Eagle Series lack the national motto of “In God We Trust,” which is why these coins are identified as “No Motto” Gold Double Eagles. They lack the national motto engraving on the reverse.

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