President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...

The Lilly Collection is now a part of the National Numismatic Collection. An act of Congress in 1968 brought the coins from Lilly’s estate to the Smithsonian. This acquisition included 1,227 U.S. gold ...