1907 $20 Saint Gaudens (1907 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle) PCGS MS64+. This desirable Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle shimmers with subdued mint luster. A couple of ticks on the obverse and a few wispy lines on the reverse keep it from a gem mint state grade. The plus assigned by PCGS indicates that the coin is in the top of the MS64 grade range. The strike shows slight central weakness on the obverse and slight weakness on the suns rays on the reverse. The 1907 No Motto double eagle was the first coin issued that was redone according to Charles Barbers wishes. Barber was the Mint Engraver in whom President Theodore Roosevelt had no confidence when the president asked Saint-Gaudens to design the new coinage. His pet crime was that he would bypass the mundane Barber for a real artist who was capable of transforming the national coinage. The design that Saint-Gaudens developed was so outstanding that even with the modifications that Barber made as seen in the present coin, the creativity of the artist still is evident. In fact this design, with modifications, is still in use today in the American Eagle Gold bullion program.

The coin shows Liberty standing on a rocky summit, her left foot planted on a rock that is higher than the rest. The wind blows her dress and hair. Stylized sun rays are seen behind her full-length figure. She holds a large torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. Above her is LIBERTY. The date is to the right of her left ankle, and a small Capitol building is to the left of her right foot. The reverse shows a large eagle in flight to the left. It is reminiscent of Gobrechts flying eagle. Beneath the eagle is the rising sun with stylized rays, some of which touch the opposite rim.