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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 203931, member: 6229&quot;]In all likelyhood, you know there were two different 1908 St. Gaudens Double Eagles struck by the United States mints.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You surely know that one variety has the Roman numeral date (MCMVIII) on the obverse and the other variety has the Arabic date (1908) on it&#039;s obverse. Did you ever take a close-up look at the difference in the reverses of those two coins?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As you know, Teddy Roosevelt ordered the mint to omit the motto &quot;IN GOD WE TRUST&quot; when striking the 1907s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There was tremendous criticism by the public. Some people referred to the new $20 gold coins as &quot;Godless&quot; money. The mint (and President Roosevelt) received so much pressure from the public, congressmen and business people the motto was added to the 1908s after a striking of 4,271,551 coins by the Philadelphia Mint. No proofs were struck of these &quot;no motto&quot; pieces. 663,750 were struck at Denver. None were struck at San Francisco.</p><p>156,258 &quot;motto&quot; double eagle coins were struck at Philadelphia along with 101 proofs. Denver minted 349,500 &quot;motto&quot; coins and San Francisco produced a mere 20,000.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Since the two varieties present two easily recognizeable reverses here they are for your perusal:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1907 reverse: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens_double_eagles/Double_Eagle_1907_Ultra_HR_Rev_Trompeter.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens_double_eagles/Double_Eagle_1907_Ultra_HR_Rev_Trompeter.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens_double_eagles/Double_Eagle_1907_Ultra_HR_Rev_Trompeter.jpg</a></p><p>1908 reverse:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens_double_eagles/Double_Eagle_1908_Rev_Trompeter.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens_double_eagles/Double_Eagle_1908_Rev_Trompeter.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens_double_eagles/Double_Eagle_1908_Rev_Trompeter.jpg</a></p><p>Hope you enjoyed,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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