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A 1907 Ultra High Relief double eagle with inverted edge letters, obverse and reverse — the example sold by Heritage Auctions in January 2015, graded PR68 by both NGC and PCGS, not the Eliasberg-Bass PR69 the FLOAT constituent is priced on.
Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

1907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle

Maker
U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Year
1907
Rank
7 of 100

1907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle

1907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1907) is ranked 7 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $4,320,000 on 10 August 2023. The artistic pinnacle of American coinage — Saint-Gaudens' and Roosevelt's experimental masterpiece; perhaps 20 known.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The artistic pinnacle of American coinage — Saint-Gaudens' and Roosevelt's experimental masterpiece; perhaps 20 known.

$20 gold, Ultra High Relief, lettered/inverted edge, PCGS PR69 (Eliasberg-Bass specimen)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$4,320,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
10 August 2023

Heritage Auctions, Harry W. Bass Jr. Core Collection Part IV, Aug 10 2023. PCGS PR69 (Eliasberg-Bass), realized $4,320,000.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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