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Saint-Gaudens Coins

A high-relief, wire rim Roman numeral date 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle in Professional Coin Grading Service MS-63 condition brought $24,150 in Scotsman Coins’ Feb. 12 auction in St. Louis.

That and other results added up to a cumulative total of $859,134.25, including the 15 percent buyer’s fees. Coming close behind ...

Full Article: Saint-Gaudens gold tops Scotsman’s sale - Numismatic News

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Mothers often tell their children to look but don’t touch and the admonishment might apply to collectors, too, when it comes to the Indian Head $10 gold piece. It is an expensive set. That is only natural you might think because each coin contains almost a half ounce of gold, but it is more than that. There are ...

Full Article: Only Rich Collectors Can Finish Indian Set - NumisMaster

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The Florida United Numismatists convention in January is arguably the most robust show of the year in terms of the value of coins changing hands. The large auctions propel thousands of coins into the marketplace (Heritage's U.S. coin sessions at the 2010 FUN convention realized nearly $37 million) ... A 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief gold $20 double eagle graded Proof 68 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. realized ...

Full Article: Saints heat up auctions - Coin Values

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As happens every year, Heritage’s official auction of the F.U.N. convention attracts the finest consignments of great coins. Nothing exemplifies this more than The Ralph P. Muller Collection of Twenty Dollar Saints, an incredible 59 pieces from the Saint-Gaudens series of double eagles, valued in the many millions of dollars. Every circulation strike example in the series is included, except for the ...

Full Article: Muller $20 Saint Coin Collection Highlights F.U.N. Offerings - CoinLink

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On Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, Heritage’s long awaited Platinum Night event at the FUN Convention in Orlando will include a marvelous array of choice and rare U.S. coins. It is part of a larger auction extravaganza that is held in conjunction with one of the two most important coin conventions of the year, that of the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) organization.

The famous collector Jay Brahin has consigned a select group of Saint Gaudens Double Eagles ($20 gold coins) to be sold on Platinum Night. The most ...

Full Article: Brahin’s Group of Saint Gaudens $20 Gold Coins - CoinLink.com

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UHR gold $20 sales to end soon

by Numismatic News on December 14, 2009

in Blogs, Gold Coins, U.S. Coins

The two-minute warning has been given by the U.S. Mint on sales of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece.

It will go off sale at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Dec. 31.

Sales as of Dec. 6 totaled 108,207 pieces.

How many more of these historic coins ...

Full Article: UHR gold $20 sales to end soon - Buzz with Dave Harper

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1907 Saint-Gaudens Wire Rim Sold

by NumisMaster on December 1, 2009

in Gold Coins, NumisMaster, U.S. Coins

Park Avenue Numismatics has sold the finest known example of the 1907 $20 Saint-Gaudens High Relief Wire Rim graded MS-69 PCGS with Certified Acceptance Corporation approval for more that $600,000.

“Arguably the most desired of all $20 U.S. gold coins, this gem was the most incredible high relief I’ve ever seen in my 25 years as a rare coin dealer,” said Bob Green, President of Park Avenue Numismatics. “It holds a place in numismatic history with a pedigree to the famous Ed Trompeter collection.” Park Avenue Numismatics has ...

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The 2009 Ultra High Relief $20 Double Eagle Gold Coin is one of the most exciting US Mint offerings this year with collectors jumping in to purchase 102,311 as of Nov. 1.

Nothing highlights the coin’s popularity better than the sizzling sales of 28,173 on their Jan. 22, 2009, launch day. And that was in spite of a recession, a one coin order limit preventing bulk buying and gold hovering around $860 an ounce making the double eagle’s issue price $1,189 — a hefty amount for the average collector ...

Full Article: UHR Double Eagles Values - CoinNews

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Rare Gold $20s Glitter

by Coin Values on November 9, 2009

in Coin Values, Gold Coins, U.S. Coins

All that glitters is gold this week, as gold approaches the $1,100 per ounce threshold, Numismatic Guaranty Corp. announces that it has graded the 10 Langbord 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold $20 double eagles, and Stack's is set to auction a 1907 Saint-Gaudens, Ultra High Relief double eagle.

As noted on Page 1 of this issue, NGC graded the majority of the 10 coins Mint State 64, with one graded MS-65 and one, MS-66. A numismatic parlor game of the past few months has been the question: What prices would these 10 1933 coins bring in the open market and how would they be sold? ...

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New Government Legal Tack Could Backfire

November 7, 2009

Litigation surrounding the 1933 double eagles of the Langbord family, whose pater familias Israel Switt has his pedigree on all of the known pieces that the government has seized, took a new twist Sept. 29.
That day the U.S. Mint amended the existing lawsuit to counterclaim for relief not only to require the Langbord family to [...]

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NGC Certifies Ten 1933 Double Eagles

November 5, 2009

NGC has authenticated, graded and encapsulated ten 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold pieces that were handed over to U.S. Treasury officials in 2005 for authentication. The coins are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit concerning their ownership. All ten coins have been encapsulated in NGC’s re-closeable museum holder with a unique serial number and certificate [...]

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Saint-Gaudens Premium Backs Off

April 1, 2009

This week gold is slightly under last week’s level while silver and platinum have gained some ground. Now I say that even though the premiums on uncirculated $20 Saint-Gaudens have come down nearly $100, because viewed in the limelight of a stock market that has rallied nearly 20 percent from…
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Branch-Mint Saints Hit by Heavy Melting – NumisMaster

July 11, 2008

The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is one of the coins everyone would like to collect. Unfortunately, few are able to attempt a collection because of the high price of gold.
Assembling examples of Saint-Gaudens double eagles from the branch mints is one option. It is unlikely to be a complete collection, but the branch mint examples are [...]

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Bill Calls for Palladium Saint-Gaudens – NumisMaster

May 23, 2008

As the 110th Congress sprinted to a Memorial Day recess, a number of numismatic measures were passed by the House of Representatives May 15. They now go to the Senate. Some deft parliamentary maneuvers and stealth actions are part of the package.
Foremost on the list is H.R. 5614, a bill whose initial appearance and very [...]

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Palladium Saint-Gaudens coin legislation passed in House – CoinNews

May 19, 2008

On May 15, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5614, an act “To authorize the production in palladium of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle coins as ultra-high relief numismatic coins and bullion investment coins in order to provide affordable opportunities for investments in precious metals, and for other purposes.”
Palladium is a silver-white precious metal that is directly [...]

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