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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 511223, member: 2486&quot;]Well here it is....from Numis News!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Eager collectors trying to buy the proof 2009 Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece slowed the U.S. Mint&#039;s Web site and backed up its 800 number for a time Jan. 22 when the new coin went on sale at noon Eastern Time.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the end of the day, collectors were e-mailing Numismatic News with reports that they had successfully purchased the coin at the issue price of $1,189 each, with confirmed delivery by Feb. 6.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><span style="color: Red">During the first four days of sales, the Mint said it sold 40,727 of the coins, generating $48.4 million in revenue by noon Jan. 26.</span></u></b></p><p><b><u>The Mint is limiting orders to one per household during the opening days of the coin&#039;s availability to assure the widest and fairest distribution. It might strike up to 300,000 of the coins if collector orders reach that level.</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Though it resembles the Saint-Gaudens gold $20, it has a smaller diameter of 27mm and is more than 50 percent thicker than a regular pre-1933 $10 gold piece, which has the same diameter. It contains one troy ounce of .9999 fine gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>The $20 coin of that size was never produced for circulation. It was the brainchild of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who in 1907 was attempting to fulfill a dream of President Theodore Roosevelt to create a new American coinage worthy of the ancient Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>High relief and increased thickness were characteristics that proved unsuitable both for mass production and use in commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gold coin&#039;s price changes each week to take into account the fluctuating price of gold. The second week&#039;s price was $1,239, effective Jan. 29.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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