1907 High Relief Saint Gaudens Double Eagle
Following the experiments with ultra high relief, a second set of dies featuring Augustus Saint Gaudens’ new design for the double eagle were prepared with the relief reduced. After some delay, the Mint would eventually strike 12,367 of the 1907 High Relief Saint Gaudens Double Eagles. While these pieces are not extremely rare, they much [...]
1907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Pattern
In their initial discussions of the new design for the double eagle, both President Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens agreed that the design should be done in high relief, like the gold coins of ancient Greece. Ultimately, the technology available at the time did not allow the coins to be mass produced in this fashion. [...]
