Anyone buying? 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set

Couldnt find a thread on this, which i found surprising. I just bought one and came here to see if anyone else did? Cant wait to see in person!

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  • Celebrate the fifth and final release of the Best of the Mint series with the 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin and Silver Companion Medal
  • Struck at the United States Mint facilities in West Point (gold) and Philadelphia (silver)

-Mintage of 15k

vs. The 2009, 1907 high relief mintage of 300k+

 

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No waiting room. Get'em while ya can....(devil)

 

I agree with the silver medal, those flag wings, but i just considered it a freebie in the package.

 

Agree about the medal. I'm not too keen on the HR coins produced by the mint. I bought the 2009 and wound up selling it. @jeffB. When were you crowned as a mod?

 

Gotta agree on the eagle, Liberty has a 70's look and the eagle has a comb over!
That said, that's a beautiful chunk of gold, plus it's .999, 250 years and low mintage of 15k, I'm thinking it's a good buy, just too much for me.

 

Misspoke here and I cant edit, should read:
vs. 2009 high relief mintage of 100k+

 

Well I said no but maybe after Mike (Mezack) and Rick (Tomaska) tell me how rare they are I will consider it(not).

 

I bought the 1804 gold one and it's now off for grading, so I blew my budget on that one. I think it was BOM #3

 

For awhile i was checking out the PR70 graded version but ultimately went with a larger 1907, i wish they would have made the coin bigger though.

 

I know a railroad guy. He'll put it on the tracks for you. Make it much bigger.

 

That's funny, when I was a youngster I used to do that quite often, when I became an old man I found out it's illegal to do. Funny how many laws I used to break and not even know it!

 

The 2009 MCMVII (NOT 1907 !! ) was in ultra-high relief. Pretty small coin diameter-wise.

 

This coin is bigger than the 2009 UHR but it is not a proof.

 

I want a high relief St. Gaudens pretty bad. I'll never own a 1907 and went shopping for the 2009 a while back. When I saw it was a much smaller diameter, I reneged. I been thinking hard on this one, but really have a hard time justifying the premium. Still thinking hard on it though.

 

Yes, I was disappointed that the 2009 coin did not have the diameter of the $20 gold coin when I first got it, but then I looked at the history.

In a way the 2009 coin was cool piece of history. It is based upon the pattern coins the mint made in 1907 which were the proper weight, but had the diameter of a $10 gold piece with double the thickness. There were 20 of those pieces struck. All but two melted and now in the Smithsonian, which means it's not collectable.

The 2009 coin.



1907 coin in the Smithsoian

 

I'm with you, Randy.

The 2009 UHR should not have the premium it did a few years ago. Haven't checked pricing lately but I would think raw ungraded it should be pretty modes. Graded in MS-70 or MS-69 you still might have some fat premium tacked on.

I called the coin a Proof earlier but I think I am wrong....it's not a proof, even though it looks like one.

 

I am currently the caretaker of this 1907 G$20. Used to be Mom's. Before that it was my great-aunt's. Not sure where she got it. Not high relief though. Gosh.