U.S. Mint Halts Sales Of 2009 Double Eagle Gold Coin December 31
The United States Mint is telling you to get your order in for a 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin.
Sales of the Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin end December 31, 2009.
The 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin is a nearly exact replication of the famous double eagle gold coin design first minted in 1907. It was designed by famous artist and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
The differences between the 1907 coin and the 2009 coin are:
- The addition of 4 more stars (because we have since added 4 more states!)
- The inscription of "IN GOD WE TRUST"
With the high approval of President Theodore Roosevelt, Saint-Gaudens had intended to design a coin with a very high relief, but minting technology in the day was not capable of mass-producing coins with such a high relief.
A century later, technology is able to bring you the beauty, luster, and richness of the famous design as Saint-Gaudens had hoped and intended all those decades ago.
