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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25379495, member: 101855&quot;]The coin is nice, but it&#039;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 &quot;MS-70.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624984[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a regular High Relief $20 gold, which was issued for circulation. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624986[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039; hands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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