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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3506091, member: 101855"]The 2009 Ultra High Relief coin was very popular for a number of years after it was issued. It sold for well over the issue price for a number of years, but like most modern issues lost steam. Today it's on the Dealers' wholesale sheet ("The Greysheet") at $1,525. I can't predict the future. The piece has a high mintage of 114,427, but I doubt that the mint is issue another one in the near furture. I don't look down on it. It's the only way to get the coin in the $20 gold 27mm format. It's a reproduction of an unobtainable, historical, pattern coin. But I'm not like a lot of collectors. The piece came in a big mohogany box and an excellent book about the coin. You can buy it slabbed, but it is usually separted from the box and book. So far the piece I posted has come down a bit since I bought it. If CAC would put a sticker on it, I could make money, but who knows what they might do? I'm not worrying about them until it's time for my collection to go to auction. The coin is a classic, and "trophy coins" like that, which are supported by wealthy collectors, have faired better than the run of mill stuff. I don't where the hobby is headed.[/QUOTE]