Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Commemorative Coinage Relief

This is not relief from commemorative coins but rather the relief in which they are struck. The aspect of the JPL bill that intrigued me so much was the desire for high relief coins. I'm all in favor of this. The high relief business strikes of the St. Gaudens Double Eagle and the ultra-high-relief proofs of the same coins are the last gold coins to be struck that way (in 1907) and the Peace dollars of 1921 were the last silver coins. I think it would be such a breath of fresh air in the market to have a beautifully designed coin (a must!) that is struck in high relief. Most of the coins that we get in our pockets are of such low relief that being able to buy a contemporary high relief coin would be boost in Moy's desire for a renaissance of coinage art.

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