Inspirational Ladies
Lady Liberty

Owner Comments:

The following are the words of mint director Ed Moy. My edits cannot improve on his explanation of the allegorical design of this coin. "The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is a sculpture executed on a small circular surface. On the obverse, Saint-Gaudens shows us Liberty, personified by a beautiful woman striding powerfully forward wearing a Greco-Roman gown, leading the way with a torch in her front hand and an olive branch in the back hand. From this design we intuit that liberty is central to the American spirit, has its roots in Greek and Roman philosophy, is beautiful and attractive to all, and wherever Liberty goes, when preceded by God, peace follows. On the reverse is a young eagle flying during a sunrise. This is America, young and strong, in its ascendancy with a bright future before it."