Lot 4045
1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, wire rim. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice untoned coin. A lovely High Relief Twenty with fastidious striking detail and satiny luster. A few wispy scuffs are evident under close inspection at the rim at 11 o'clock, that keep this coin from a choicer grade, but the terrific eye appeal gives the viewer an understanding for the aesthetic beauty of this much-admired design. The high relief motif required three and sometimes five blows by the dies to bring up the design in its entirety. Between each strike, the planchets had to be removed from the press and reheated to soften the metal for the next strike. Pop 861; 1,272 finer. (PCGS # 9135) .
Estimated Value $21,000 - 22,000.
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