1908 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. Motto. MS-64 (PCGS).，This handsome orange-gold 1908 double eagle displays full luster and a boldly executed strike. In 1908, Congress mandated the restoration of the motto IN GOD WE TRUST to the double eagle, which had been omitted from the earlier Saint-Gaudens designs at the request of Theodore Roosevelt. The president, whose pet project was the design of this beautiful coin, believed that the use of a deitys name on coinage was akin to blasphemy. The 1908 Motto is one of the scarcer early date Saint-Gaudens double eagles, the circulation strike mintage was limited to 156,258 pieces. Most examples were retained and eventually melted during the late 1930s. Comparatively few were shipped overseas to be repatriated in later years. This is a particularly fortunate survivor with premium Choice quality and desirable eye appeal.，PCGS# 9147. NGC ID: 26F8.，，From the Murray Hill Collection.
