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Creating the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Gold Coin
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Creating the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Gold Coins -
The amazing effort to renew American coinage as documented from the book, 'Recollections of a Newspaperman,' by former Director of the United States Mint, Frank Leach, and 'Illegal Tender,' by David Tripp.
"The even white line of his teeth peeked out as his mustaches bristled. But he was not smiling. He brought his fist down on his desk repeatedly, punctuating his sentences physically and shattering the calm of his office. Furious that his grand vision for a renaissance of American coinage was being stymied and sabotaged by a single malignant Mint employee, bitterly aware that his great goal would not be achieved the way he and Gus had envisioned it, Teddy was still determined to have his day. He would have the American public see what brilliance of design and execution could be applied even to everyday spending money. It was the very least he could do to honor Saint-Gaudens."
- David Tripp, Illegal Tender
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