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1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS61 NGC

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1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS61 NGC
<B>1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS61 NGC.</B></I> One wonders if the excellent research conducted and written up by numismatic author Roger Burdette, culminating in the useful three-volume reference <I>Renaissance of American Coinage,</B></I> will also lead to a renaissance of interest in the various coins--High Relief Saint-Gaudens, Mercury dime, Buffalo nickel, Walking Liberty half dollar, and others--that form the subject matter for his research. One can only hope. The present High Relief shows surfaces that are suggestive of a finer grade, but a couple of paper-thin, curving scrapes are visible in the left obverse field when the coin is turned just so. Otherwise, there are few contact marks visible. Some light field haze on each side is fairly undistracting, .<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Augustus Saint-Gaudens<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)