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1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High Relief, Wire Rim NGC M

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:62,500.00 USD Estimated At:125,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD
1907 $20 St. Gaudens. High Relief, Wire Rim NGC M
<Our item number 136674><B>1907 &#36;20 St. Gaudens. High relief, wire rim. NGC graded MS-67. Star.</B> A stunning superb gem example exhibiting beaming golden yellow surfaces deepening at the extreme borders. A spectacular star-rated gem whose razor-sharp devices rise like a phoenix bird from the pure-as-gold satiny surface. The fields and devices glow with an almost surreal golden radiance due to the pristine nature of the surface; there are neither handling marks nor spotting of any kind to impair coin&#39;s originality. If you as an advanced or specialist collector have been hankering for a first class example of America&#39;s most beautiful gold coin, one whose immense presence and technical excellence would be almost impossible to improve on, you will want to ready a bid for this Mint State 67 High Relief. Superb!<BR><BR>As was true of the 1907 Indian designs for the &#36;10 gold Eagle, the present Saint-Gaudens-inspired masterpiece was the end product of President Theodore Roosevelt&#39;s orchestration with the most famous American sculptor at the time. As originally envisioned, the mint would redo the entire spectrum of American coinage from the lowly bronze one-cent piece through the noble golden double eagle. In correspondence, Saint-Gaudens felt the 1857 Flying Eagle cent was the finest motif found on any American coin, which is probably the reason he chose a similar eagle for his High Relief &#36;20 gold reverse. <B>Pop 1; 2 finer</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;125,000 - 150,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 136674<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136674.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136674N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>