Lot 1901
1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High relief, Roman numerals, wire rim. PCGS graded MS-62. One of the worlds most popular coins and produced over the howls of the entrenched mint establishment. Teddy Roosevelt felt it was time for a change, and change he caused by hiring the famed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign the double eagle and eagle. This double eagle was the result, the high relief of the design is simply splendid to behold, but torture for dies to produce. Each of these high reliefs had to be struck approximately 11 times in order to fully bring up the upper details on the coin. Many were saved but these are always popular with collectors. This particular specimen has some minor stacking friction on Liberty's knee, but her face is as fresh as the day she was coined. The surfaces are clean for the grade and the faint swirling marks visible with a glass are die polish lines, seen on all specimens of this magnificent coin. Certainly one of the most beautiful coins ever produced, and worthy of a strong price.
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| Realized $9,200 |
