Medal Of Saint Gaudens High Relief Double Eagle

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gcoffey New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 02/27/2012 10:15 am I purchased my Grandparent's house and while cleaning out the garage my husband came across this medal. It has Lady Liberty on the face with the roman numerals MCMVII. On the back it reads UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TWENTY DOLLARS with a side view of an eagle flying over a sun with rays shining upward. My Grandmother was born January 1908 in Virginia and I researched this medal for months so I know Pres Roosevelt had this coin commissioned for his second inauguration and that he was very involved in the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. I thought that this medal may have been a souvenir from the exposition but I'm not sure. I've weighed it and it weighs 100g =/-10g.Hey it was with a food scale. That was the best I could come up with. It looks like it's copper. I used some tarnex then thought better of it until I found out something. Really I just want to know what it's about and if it's worth anything. I've been going crazy since summer trying to find someone that maybe I could trust. The one I do know I don't trust. The real guys well I didn't want to be laughed at. So any help would be appreciated! I have pictures but I wanted to get this out there and I'm fooling with new camera editing programs to comply with the site's perimeters. Thank you. GCoffey Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 02/27/2012 10:26 am Can you post a picture of the medal/coin? Report this Post to the Staff
CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 02/27/2012 12:51 pm Please post pictures! Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 02/27/2012 1:05 pm Quote: I'm fooling with new camera editing programs to comply with the site's perimeters No need to do that. Just save it to your desktop and resize it below 100kb. Most likely all you need to do is crop out everything but the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 02/27/2012 2:15 pm there is also a free image optimizer link right under the "Upload Image" link that will resize the photo for you and all you have to do is make sure it has resized it to under 100KB and then click the "download image" link under the picture and then you can post the downloaded optimized picture to the forum Report this Post to the Staff
gcoffey New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/04/2012 02:03 am Report this Post to the Staff
gcoffey New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/04/2012 02:07 am Pictures lower on page under gcoffey post 2 Report this Post to the Staff
afclassic87 Pillar of the Community United States 564 Posts	Posted 03/04/2012 02:27 am I can tell you it's not an actul US minted 1907 $20.00 gold coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 03/12/2012 05:01 am It appears to be one of the big plated-aluminium "drink coasters". At least, that's what the box I found one of these in at the Honolulu airport in 1983 was labelled; I acquired three coasters the other two being an Indian Head cent and a Lincoln Memorial cent. Quote: I used some tarnex then thought better of it until I found out something If it's plated aluminium like mine was, don't clean it. The plating will come off easily and the underlying aluminium will corrode readily in any kind of cleaning agent; it will end up looking even worse. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
chris beatie Valued Member 344 Posts	Posted 03/13/2012 07:45 am Quote: If it's plated aluminium like mine was, don't clean it. The plating will come off easily and the underlying aluminium will corrode readily in any kind of cleaning agent; it will end up looking even worse. Thats like saying to to not wash her face because without makeup she will look worse. Either way its gonna be bad... really bad lol. Report this Post to the Staff
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