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1908 “No Motto” $20 Saint-Gaudens, MS63
Unique partial-year issue
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In the early 1900s, as America was rising to become a dominant world power, Teddy Roosevelt asked his friend, the renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to create a new design for U.S. gold coins. Saint Gaudens responded by creating what is widely considered among the most beautiful gold coins ever struck, the Saint-Gaudens $20 gold double eagle, reflecting American strength, confidence, and prosperity.
In 1907, their first year of issuance, $20 Saints were designed in “high relief,” meaning that their devices were raised quite high off the fields of the coins. These high relief Saints, however, were difficult to mint properly, often requiring many strikes to raise the impression on the coins surface. As a result, few were struck and the design was changed to a lower relief version for the remainder of 1907 into 1908.
Unique “No Motto” design
At first, unlike previous U.S. gold coins, the $20 Saints were without the motto “In God We Trust” in their design. Many Americans were outraged by the No Motto design, and a well-publicized scandal ensued as newspapers fanned the flames of controversy.
Bowing to public pressure, Congress passed a law requiring all U.S. coins to include “In God We Trust.” The presses were stopped sometime in mid-1908, and the motto “In God We Trust” was added to the $20 Saints on the obverse along the contour of the rising sun, just below the soaring eagle.
Always in high demand
The 1908 No Motto $20 Saint is extremely popular among collectors because of its being a unique partial-year issue. In Mint State 63 condition, it’s an inexpensive must-have for U.S. gold type sets collectors!
U.S. “No Motto” 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coins
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Design Specifications
| Designer | Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
| Gross Weight | 33.346 grams |
| Net Weight | .96750 oz. pure gold |
| Composition | .900 gold, .100 copper |
| Diameter | 34 mm, reeded edge. |
Participating Mints
| Philadelphia | 1908 |
| Denver | 1908 |
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