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Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
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![Augustus Saint-Gaudens re-designed the $20 gold piece in 1907 and it is condered America's most beautiful coin. Augustus Saint-Gaudens re-designed the $20 gold piece in 1907 and it is condered America's most beautiful coin.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117155948im_/http://www.nps.gov/ner/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/SAGA_DYK-gold-coins.jpg) |
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Did You Know?
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the first sculptor to design an American coin. The $20 gold piece he designed in 1907 at the request of Theodore Roosevelt, is considered this country's most beautiful coin and is called a "Saint-Gaudens" by coin collectors.
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Last Updated: July 26, 2008 at 09:49 EST |