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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;William Burnham, post: 3505691, member: 103249&quot;]It&#039;s a beauty.&nbsp; I had looked at some high relief ones on the web after I read all the history of the St Gaudens no motto double eagles.&nbsp; But what&#039;s the &quot;ultra high relief&quot; one I see mentioned?&nbsp; Also the &quot;wire rim&quot; one?</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that you can get a recent US Mint reproduction of the high-relief design as .999% gold bullion: <a href="https://www.jmbullion.com/2009-uhr-double-eagle-coin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jmbullion.com/2009-uhr-double-eagle-coin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.jmbullion.com/2009-uhr-double-eagle-coin/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; But I agree with Auguste St Gaudens that the motto ruins the design of the reverse.&nbsp; Moreover, as Teddy Roosevelt said defending his instruction not to put it on the coin, use of the motto on coins was “in effect irreverence which comes dangerously close to sacrilege.&quot;&nbsp; At least the design-ruining aspect is why I limit my interest to 1907 and 1908 no motto St Gaudins coins.&nbsp; Why couldn&#039;t they have put in on the rim with E Pluribus Unum?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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