(Jan 15, 2012)
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| Diameter | 27 mm | | Thickness | 4 mm | | Mint | West Point | | Mint Mark | None | | Composition | 24K (.9999) Fine Gold | | Weight | 1.0001 Troy Ounce (31.108g) | | Obverse | Augustus Saint-Gaudens' full-length figure of Liberty with flowing hair, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left | | Reverse | Augustus Saint-Gaudens' design of a young bald eagle flying during a sunrise | | COIN ARTIST | Obverse and Reverse: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American Sculptor (1848-1907) | The 2009 Ultra-High Relief was a reprise of the extremely rare, double-thick, small diameter patterns proposed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1907
The 2009 version is slightly different than the original patterns in that the rim is slightly flattened and does not come to the sharp, knife edge as seen on the originals
In the literature that accompanied each of the coins is a small facsimile of a letter authorizing the minting of the coins which contains a reference to "Proofs
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