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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Full Article: 1907 Saint-Gaudens Wire Rim Sold - NumisMaster.com
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
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? ...
Full Article: Rare Gold $20s Glitter - Coin Values