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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 865289, member: 13650&quot;]Welcome to the forum.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The U.S. mint has produced, pure gold bullion coins with the same St. Gaudens obverse as the old $20 gold piece that were produced back in 1907 to 1933.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;ve produced these pure gold bullion coins since 1986 to present, in 1/10th oz., 1/4, 1/2 and 1 oz. versions, all varying in size.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The original St. Gaudens double eagle, $20 gold pieces are 90% gold, 10% copper composition as most all of the other gold coins were in the past.&nbsp; That would be 0.9675 oz. of pure gold in an original $20 gold piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; That being said, what do you mean by your dad just &#039;found&#039; a 1907 St. Gaudens with Roman numerals?&nbsp;&nbsp; I hate to burst your bubble but in all likelihood, it is a fake as they are very rare and worth around $10,000 and up.&nbsp; Not something that you&#039;re likely to just find laying around as somebody at some point would know what it was.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first thing you need to learn is that there are many, many fakes and replicas across all coin types.&nbsp;&nbsp; Especially of rarer coins as many people like to collect them as novelty pieces.&nbsp; And especially of gold coins.&nbsp; Some are meant to fool people.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The fakes and replicas are not just limited to rarer coins anymore though either, so you really need to know what you&#039;re doing before you start spending money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Always temper your expectations when finding rarities with pontentially very high values.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many people go nuts when they find these fakes and end up looking like fools.&nbsp;&nbsp; The main producer of replicas is China and they&#039;ve sent millions over here with no replica stamps on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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