Lot 2619
1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, wire rim. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and untoned. This aesthetically appealing coin does not reveal any surface blemishes on either side. The color is a vibrant yellow golden shade, while the devices lift powerfully from the swirling fields with bold relief striking definition. An impressive coin to behold.
Most example of the MCMVII High Relief design are of a warm yellow-orange gold color, and are satiny-lustrous and very impressive. Some were made with a "wire rim," called a "fin" by the Mint, around part of the rim. A lesser number, about a third, lack the wire rim. Otherwise the coins are the same, same die faces, same edge motifs. Most collectors just go with one or the other, oblivious to the minor difference. Nearly all high reliefs are sharply struck with excellent detail, as witnessed here. This is caused by striking the coins three or more times on a special, slower medal press whose effective "squeeze" on the planchets did a better job in bringing up the design. They could never have been struck on the single-stamp electrically operated coining presses used at the mint in 1907 (PCGS # 9135) .
Estimated Value $23,000 - 25,000.
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