Lot 4043
1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, wire rim. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice frosty example. A partial knife rim. About as close to a watertight grade as can be expected for MS63 PCGS quality, this vibrant high relief has only a few little bagmarks on the surface and leg. Approximately 7,250 High Relief double eagles were struck with partial wire rim and about 4,000 with flat (without wire) rim. This was publicized in 1908, soon after striking, and for a long time thereafter many listings included these as separate varieties. The matter was not one of a separate die, but involved the spacing between the die collar and the striking die; any gap and metal could squeeze upward from the rim. Wire rims, sometimes called "knife rims" or, in Mint phraseology, "fins," are common elsewhere, such as in 19th century Proof coinage (PCGS # 9135) .
Estimated Value $21,000 - 22,000.
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| Realized $22,425 |
