Homer Saint Gaudens

One of the most stunning coins ever minted is the 1907 ultra high relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle. (Image courtesy Heritage Auctions.) Few would deny that Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ gold double eagle is one of the most attractive coins ever minted. Cornelius Vermeule, in his seminal Numismatic Art in America, termed it, “perhaps the most majestic coin ever to bear our national imprint.”1 Few would deny that Saint-Gaudens was one of the nation’s most accomplished sculptors. John H.