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05-02-2008, 07:38 AM
United States Mint Moves Forward to Create a Modern Ultra-High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin
05-01-2008 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson has authorized the United States Mint to issue a one-ounce ultra-high relief 24-karat gold coin, creating a 2009 version of what many have called the most beautiful gold piece ever made: the 1907 Augustus Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle. The mintage of the new coin will be unlimited for one year. Among the production specifications approved by Secretary Paulson are the new coin's business-strike finish and a diameter of 27 millimeters.



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