Lot 4036
1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief. NGC graded Proof 64. This is the world-renowned medallic issue, America's most attractive gold coin, with impressive high relief. Each coin required up to five cycles of the coining press at an extremely high pressure of 172 tons for each example. The requirement of so many cycles was an unreasonable one for regular high-speed production. It is for this reason, a new design was prepared with much shallower depth later in the year. The desirable high relief coins were popular from the first day. Pleasingly bright and lustrous, both sides are warmly colored in brilliant yellow-gold hues, believed to be done intentionally at the time of striking to give the coin extra beauty. A solidly graded, premium quality MS64, this coin displays impressive striking definition for a 1907 High Relief. Only the Philadelphia branch mint was authorized to strike such a coin, and what a coin it is! Pop 39; 34 finer.
Estimated Value $30,000 - 33,000.
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| Realized $42,550 |
