One of the coins, investment gold the world's most popular, both for its intrinsic value, which historic and symbolic value, is the $ 20 in the United States of America type Liberty Head, so called for the elegant woman's profile – the personification of Freedom, also known as Lady Liberty – which is depicted on the obverse of the coin.
Also known by the name of Double Eagle (Double Eagle), this type of coin 20 dollars was minted for the first time in 1849, during the Run of gold in California, with a real value of $ 20 is calculated from the price of the precious metal equal to 20,67 dollars per ounce.
The coin has a gross weight of 33,436 grams, and measure 34 millimeters in diameter and contains 0,9675 ounces of up to a title than 900 thousandths (of 21.6 karat), while the rest of its contents (10%) is formed from a metal alloy that can be dimmed copper.
Coin of great beauty and longevity, the Double Eagle was minted from several mints of the Union until 1907, when it was replaced by the type Saint-Gaudens, so called from the name of the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), who was the author.
To model the $ 20 Liberty Head, instead, was James Barton Longacre (1794-1869), the fourth chief engraver of the US Mint and excellent medaglista, besides that the author of other coins for the United States of America.
The delicate face of Liberty on the obverse, with the hair gathered and adorned with a diadem on which stands the word LIBERTY, is surrounded by thirteen stars(symbols of the colonies originating in 1776, signed the Declaration of Independence) and, below, from the date of issue.
The reverse depicts the national symbol of the eagle with open wings, with, in the rostra, an olive branch and a bundle of arrows (symbols of the readiness of the Nation, both in peace and in war).
L’ aquila on his chest the national coat of arms of stars and stripes, holds in its beak a ribbon with the Latin motto E PLURIBUS UNUM and is crowned by thirteen stars on a background of radiant. Around, you can read the name of country, down the value of words and the sign of the brand.
Even if there are coins, $ 20, very rare, sought after by collectors, numismatists and valued on the market, astronomical figures, the large-scale production of certain years and certain ticks makes the Double Eagle, a suitable coin to the pure investment, capable of putting together the lasting value of gold and the charm of a piece of history.
By purchasing, in fact, a $ 20 of the NINETEENTH century, you can imagine that, many years ago, that same coin is served to pay for the tools of a pioneer in search of fortune in the West, or has been, part of the loot of a bloody robbery.