20 Dollars from Philadelphia Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907, LL.D. (Hon.) 1905)
Mint: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)

1908

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Gold

Dimensions

33.23 g, 6:00, 34 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Millicent Todd Bingham

Accession Number

2001.87.1784

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LIBERTY at 11:00-1:00, date in lower r. field. Liberty in flowing robe walking forward holding torch in r. and olve branch in l.; she steps on a rock with l. foot. Behind her, rays of the sun, the whole surrounded by 46 stars.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY DOLLARS around top. Eagle flying l. over sunrise; around arc of the sun, IN GOD WE TRUST.
Provenance
Millicent Todd Bingham, to 1969; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1969–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Walter H. Breen, Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1988), no. 7368
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, dollars (coins), money

Marks

Edge: E PLURIBUS UNUM and 13 stars

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