The 2009 Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece debuts on this page at right. Most noticeable is how little sales have risen since more than 40,000 were snapped up in the first four days of sales.
There was a slight jump in the pace of sales for the Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens $20 as 2009 ended. An updated number shows sales of 115,178 coins, up by 3,113 from the number reported two weeks ago.
Sales of 2,118 Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens gold $20s bring the total to date to 94,464. Now that the order limit has been completely removed, it will be interesting to see if the weekly sales numbers grow.
Sales of the Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens gold $20 hardly moved this week. The total increased by fewer than 1,000 pieces, but the 60,000 level has been breached. That means collectors have ponied up between $72 million and $80 million.
Collectors will be treated to a first look at the 2009 Ultra-High-Relief Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece July 30 at the U.S. Mint booth at the American Numismatic Association
Van Buren roll and bag numbers are starting to come in. The problem is where to put them. Perhaps after the Mint’s Last Chance Sale there will be more room on this page.
Sales were set to begin for the Ultra-High-Relief Saint-Gaudens gold $20 Jan. 22 just as this issue of Numismatic News was going to press.
The potential waiting time for the new $20 gold Saint-Gaudens Ultra High Relief is a result of the Mint’s total inability to understand the market and the coin collecting community. Add a dash of marketeering greed on top of that for a variable.
