Bill Jones' complete gold coin type set
$20 Saint-Gaudens, Motto 1908-1933


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DOUBLE EAGLES - SAINT-GAUDENS
Item Description: $20 1927
Grade: PCGS MS 65
Owner: BillJones
 
Winning Set: Bill Jones' complete gold coin type set
Date Added: 6/19/2011
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

The members of Congress took a dim view of the fact that the new $20 gold coins did not have the motto, "In God we trust," included in the design. In 1908 Congress passed legislation that required the in the inclusion of the motton in the design of hte new $10 and $20 coins. For the $20 gold piece the wording was added above the sun on the reverse.

The motto would continue to appear on the coin for the rest of it's run until 1933 when president Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the coinage of gold for domestic use in the U.S. economy.

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