United States • 20 U.S. dollars
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle — 1907 Roman-Date High Relief has nominal fine gold of 0.9675 troy oz (30.092614 g) at the historical .900 standard. This is the original 1907 Roman-date High Relief $20 type. It excludes the earlier ultra-high-relief patterns and the modern 2009 Ultra High Relief gold coin.
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Formula: specified fine-metal troy ounces × quantity. Dollar melt value additionally requires an approved current metal price.
Liberty strides forward carrying a torch and olive branch, with stars around the border and MCMVII on the pictured coin. The Roman date denotes 1907. The raised design is visibly different from the Liberty Head portrait on the earlier double eagle.
An eagle flies above sun rays, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and TWENTY DOLLARS at the top. The pictured original lacks a reverse IN GOD WE TRUST motto. The lettered edge requires a separate edge view; it is not demonstrated by these face photos.
The Mint distinguishes several 1907 experimental and production versions. The original 34 mm high-relief form with Roman numerals was followed by a lower-relief, Arabic-date form. The later 2009 revival is a separate product with a different gold specification.
Read MCMVII and examine relief and reverse together. A Roman date alone cannot distinguish every original pattern, production subtype or imitation. Use a specialist assessment of relief, rim and edge before asserting an exceptional version.
The historical standard is 516 grains gross at .900 fineness. Multiply 516 by .900 and divide by 480 grains per troy ounce: 0.9675 fine-gold troy oz. Gross metric mass is derived using 0.06479891 g per grain; the displayed 33.43623756 g is a conversion of the nominal standard, not an assay or the measured mass of a worn coin. The remaining 10% is alloy metal; historical legislation permitted copper or a copper/silver alloy.
This profile is limited to 1907 High Relief production coins. Wire-edge and other rim attribution require closer issue review; the representative does not certify a rim subtype for your coin. Do not include a 2009 coin in this nominal composition.
High-relief attribution should be established before treating a piece as ordinary gold weight. Preserve holders and provenance. A similar full-length Liberty design on modern bullion does not make those products equivalent collector material.
Compare date, relief, rim, denomination, flying eagle and lettered edge with the appropriate issue reference. These photographs cannot certify relief height, authenticity or edge lettering. Avoid destructive testing and request qualified examination.
Describe an unconfirmed example as a claimed 1907 High Relief coin pending review. Include both faces, the Roman date and any holder information. Keep it separate from modern 2009 coins and Arabic-date regular-relief double eagles.
The historical Mint report and Coinage Act document nominal gold standards; NIST documents the unit conversions. The fine-weight override retains the result from grains instead of recalculating from a rounded catalog gram weight. Design and date references are separate from photographs. These calculations describe correctly identified genuine coins at standard weight. No approved live gold-price feed is configured, so dollar melt values remain unavailable. A collector assessment and a purchase offer are separate from metal content.
No. It is a separate modern product. This profile concerns original 1907 Roman-date High Relief double eagles.
No. Relief, rim, edge and authenticity need examination. Roman numerals also occur in exceptional original versions and can be copied.
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United States • 90% gold, 10% alloy metal; historical copper or copper/silver alloy
Issue years: 1907–1916, 1920–1933
Fine gold: 0.967500 troy oz
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