I don’t keep up with modern issues. There is a 2009 ultra high relief St Gaudens on Great Collections that rather has my interest but I want to know how much gold the piece is and for the life of me… I cannot find it. Are they 33.4 grams line the original double eagles?
Basically it's a bullion coin, Randy, containing one oz. (troy I'm assuming) of fine gold. That puts it out of the realm of the traditional Saints which are .96750 oz.
Thanks fellows. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn’t a tiny piece before I put a bid in on the thing. Thanks!
https://www.executivecoin.com/produ...h-relief-gold-20-double-eagle-pcgs-ms70-stock Randy ask for Danielle
My only complaint about the coin is that it's thicker and less wide in dimension than a conventional Saint Gaudy. I wasn't happy with the stubby nature so I sold it at FUN (to augment my commem collection) many years ago. I wish you luck in your auction endeavor Randy.
I really love the specimen I got from the Mint in 2009....Beautiful workmanship! Weight is indeed 31.10 grams.
Sorry but I have no idea. If I was going to buy a good coin I would put the money into a pre 1933 gold coin.
Same here if I found the right one. I have a few stashes that are ready to be cashed, both are going to gold and silver.
I used to own one of these, they are jaw dropping beautiful. The high relief is unbelievable. I sold it when I got married along with a bunch of other coins. This and an MS65RB 1909 S VDB are on the short list of coins I'd like to buy back. Good luck on the BID!
C'mon Guys, give me a break! In your seventies, and aren't familiar with the prize of my collection, an "old school", difficult to locate (before the new grading standards) awesome coin. My 1907 high relief Roman numerals, wire rim PCGS MS65 Saint-Gaudens is a 34mm dia., 33.436 grams wt., .9677 oz. Gold, 10% copper/1997-publication, when I purchased.
The coin is nice, but it's not the same as a normal classic St. $20 gold. It has the diameter of a $10 gold, but is twice as thick. This one is graded "MS-70." This coin is patterned after an experimental piece the mint made in 1907 when it was looking for a way to make the High Relief coins, which Teddy Roosevelt wanted, more easily. I think they struck 20 of them and melted all but two which are now in the Smithsonian collection. It would have taken an Act of Congress to have made this coin a regular issue. I snapped this picture through the glass when I was at the Smithsonian years ago. This is not a collectable coin since it was never issued officially. If one had been snuck out of the mint, it would have been like 1933 double eagle. Here is a regular High Relief $20 gold, which was issued for circulation. There is also an Ultra High Relief $20 gold which is the normal size. Those coins are quite rare and a few are in collectors' hands.
Randy, DUH!!, I owe you an apology, even though I've multiples of the 2009 coin, both slabbed and in their beautiful packaging, in my advanced age, I thought you had mis-typed 2009 instead of 2007. Other respected individuals here, correctly informed us of my error! Sorry, Guys!! Thanks for your patience!!!
