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I find these absolutely beautiful
crazyhounddog
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In my opinion the mint has hit a home run with this design in ultra high relief. I find them extremely attractive.
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Looks a little cartoonish to me, but has potential. These were not US mint, right?
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Ok, I'll bite. What is it?
That is one of my favorite classic designs.
NHS indicates it might have been put out by the National Historic Site.
I bought mine from the US mint.
Here is a link on these.
http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/04/john-mercanti-revives-20-dollar-designs.all.html#
Augustaus Saint-Gaudens Winged Liberty ultra high relief proof. Designed from Saint-Gaudens original plasters. Struck at the US mint
Are you sure?
I see these medals for sale at GovMint.com (a private website)
https://govmint.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Silver+Winged+Liberty
but not at usmint.gov (the actual US Mint website).
It looks incredible! According to the linked article above it says these were struck by the Royal Mint in Wales. However, you got yours from the US Mint? When were they available? VERY COOL medal!
Yep I bought it from the mint. It's also in their catalog .
That is a great looking medal but at $97 I think I will pass.
Your right, my mistake, Wales. You can buy yourself one right now before they run out. I think only 10,000 minted in silver and 1000 minted in gold.
Ok, thanks for clearing that up. They are INCREDIBLE for sure. The execution of the design is stunning.
Those are some seriously mirrored fields!
$97?? I see $199, 2 CC payments of $99.50...
Maybe I missed the 2 payments part. In that case I will pass two times.
If you buy them ungraded they're 97 bucks. This one is ungraded.
They're hit so hard they kinda have a shape of a bowl. Really pretty.
Joe, I love your Buff's.........but this is a pass for me.
I like the looks of it but to me it's just a silver round.
The link I originally posted was too restrictive, so I edited it to show all versions.
Here is the $97 ungraded UHR version:
https://govmint.com/2017-saint-gaudens-1-oz-silver-winged-liberty-ultra-high-relief-proof/
Thank you, yosclimber.
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Just FYI ...............Looks like they also are offering a "low relief" version in BU for under $30 for those who don't want to shell out for the high relief.
I found this link -
https://www.govmint.com/2017-saint-gaudens-1-oz-silver-winged-liberty-bu
I'm considering the silver UHR. The gold UHR would be a treat.
I'm glad they put together an all-star cast to make this including:
Since this is issued by a National Historic Site, it looks like this could be considered an official US government issue.
I like the Roman numerals! I like that it's a St. Gaudens' design. I don't like Liberties' wings, they seem lopsided. I've also seen this at govmint.com but it's also a pass for me.
To me Miss Liberty has never looked better. Ya gotta love the wings, right?
I found this in a 2012 CoinTalk article regarding the original 1905 Saint-Gaudens plaster design:
Looks like she had a shield in her left hand, and the date up top (instead of LIBERTY).
https://cointalk.com/threads/saint-gaudens-cent-an-almost-coin.207568/
P.S. I consider the URL "GovMint.com" to be a deceptive name, too similar to usmint.gov.
Thank you for posting this.
The GovMint rendition is similar to what ASG had previously envisioned for the double eagle. I travel to the ASGNHS quite often and have taken thousands of images of the works on display. Something I typically take images of is the handwritten notes of ASG as my daughters are always amazed at how my handwriting and sketches are so similar to the style of ASG. Here are images of an early plaster mock-up of the double eagle with notes-
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I'm not seeing the images I posted; are they visible for others?
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I see them. Looks great too. Superb sketches all the way.
I've considered doing some sort of over-strike or other medal based on this (winged standing Liberty design). One reason I haven't is because it has already been done by a couple different entities, as shown in this thread. But neither have quite done it justice, however. I would do it like the original sketch with the shield instead of the olive branch because I always thought the one awkward aspect of the St Gaudens double eagle design was the two arms both holding things up, especially the arm on the right with the olive branch.
Would love to see a version with the shield Dan!
Also good to mention the other versions. Here's one done in 2002 by Liberia along with the gold Mercanti UHR.
Interesting pieces, thanks for posting this thread
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They are beautiful medals.... both the silver and the gold. Cheers, RickO
It is interesting the note the little headdress on Ms. Liberty which fortunately disappeared on the final design. That was per Theodore Roosevelt’s wishes that a headdress be included in the designs.
Anyone care to elaborate what the benefit of sketching in plaster creates? I'm lost on that part of the process.
Here's the GovMint COA:
They are attractive.
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I was looking at pictures of these again the other day. The marketing materials and the Coin World article indicate that the GovMint version was sculpted by former US Mint Chief Engraver John Mercanti. But looking at the photo (below) this sculpting just doesn't look like it meets Mercanti standards (especially Liberty's body), so I have my doubts about who actually sculpted it.
I think I like the Liberia version better, although neither one really captures what the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle would have been like if the wings were retained.
I still find it incredibly beautiful. But I’d also like to see some more versions of winged liberty. Great design in my book.
Maybe you should do one, Dan
I had no idea these even existed as a Mint product.
Pete
Yes and they did sell out pretty rapidly, Pete.
I have both silver and gold. Love em
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Whoa!! Your one lucky lady. All I have are two silver ones
@crazyhounddog I have seen your coin porn you have plenty of beauty’s
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Thank you for the kind words but I don’t have a gold winged Liberty
In two years it will be covered with milk spots.
Yeah, I am a bit confused myself.
Someone please clarify: These are absolutly NOT a United States Mint product, correct?