The fifth and final Best of the Mint set went on sale September 24, 2026, at noon ET, closing the series with what many consider the single greatest coin design in American history: Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ 1907 High Relief double eagle. In its first week, the set sold 8,191 of its 15,000-unit cap — 54.6% of the mintage. It debuted at No. 1 on the Mint’s weekly sales chart and is currently priced at $5,390 after a $100 reduction from its $5,490 launch price.
All five sets are now available. The Mercury Dime set sits at 29,465 of its 30,000-unit cap — still near sellout, though it actually declined by 359 units in the latest reporting period as returns outpaced new orders. The Standing Liberty Quarter has moved 16,846 of 30,000 units. The Walking Liberty Half Dollar has sold 10,224 of 30,000, and the 1804 Silver Dollar — the other one-ounce gold entry — has climbed to 12,047 of its 15,000-unit limit since its August 27 launch. The Saint-Gaudens finale carries the largest gold coin in the series alongside a companion silver medal, closing a five-part program that spans 2.85 troy ounces of 24-karat gold.
What Is in the Set
Gold coin: A one-ounce .9999 fine (24-karat) gold coin reproducing Saint-Gaudens’ high-relief $20 double eagle design. The obverse shows Liberty striding forward, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, with rays of sunlight behind her and the U.S. Capitol building in the background. Inscriptions include “LIBERTY” and “MCMVII” (1907 in Roman numerals, matching the original high-relief issue). A Liberty Bell privy mark with the numeral “250” and a W mintmark for West Point complete the design. The reverse depicts an eagle in flight above a rising sun, with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “TWENTY DOLLARS,” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.” The coin carries raised edge lettering reading “E PLURIBUS UNUM” with stars separating the words.
Silver medal: A one-ounce .999 fine silver medal struck at Philadelphia, designed by Jesse Hernandez of the Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program. On the obverse, Liberty carries her torch and olive branch with 13 stars representing the original colonies. The reverse transforms the eagle’s wings into an American flag, the bird soaring above the sun as a symbol of national aspiration. The medal bridges Saint-Gaudens’ classical idealism with a contemporary reading of what liberty and aspiration mean 250 years after the Declaration of Independence.
The Original 1907 High Relief Double Eagle
In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt recruited Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the most celebrated sculptor in America, to redesign U.S. coinage. Roosevelt despised the existing designs and wanted coins that could rival the artistry of ancient Greek coinage. Saint-Gaudens agreed and produced what became the $20 gold piece.
Saint-Gaudens died in August 1907, months before the coin entered production. He never saw the finished product in circulation.
The original design pushed beyond anything the Mint had attempted. Technicians used up to nine separate impressions under immense hydraulic pressure, slowly forcing gold into every recess of the dies. The result resembled a medal more than a coin: sculpted fields, Liberty in full stride, and a level of detail that made it breathtaking and utterly impractical for mass production.
The Mint first struck fewer than two dozen examples in an ultra-high relief that is considered a pattern issue today. Those coins, of which perhaps 20 are known, have sold for more than $3 million at auction. The Mint then produced approximately 12,367 coins in a slightly reduced (but still high) relief before switching to a flat-struck version that could be produced in a single strike. That lower-relief design continued through 1933, when Franklin Roosevelt pulled the country off the gold standard.
Today, genuine 1907 High Relief double eagles in MS-63 trade for $20,000 to $25,000. Higher grades reach six figures. The design has been called the finest coin the United States has ever produced, and numismatists routinely rank it alongside the 1804 Silver Dollar and the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel as one of the most important coins in American numismatic history.
The Mint has revisited Saint-Gaudens’ Liberty multiple times. The American Gold Eagle bullion coin, produced since 1986, carries a modified version of the design on every issue. In 2009, the Mint struck an Ultra High Relief $20 gold piece (1 oz .9999 fine) as a collector issue. The Best of the Mint version adds the Semiquincentennial privy mark and pairs the gold coin with a newly designed silver medal.
The set launched at $5,490 on September 24, corresponding to the Mint’s $4,300-$4,349.99 gold pricing tier. On September 30, the Mint lowered prices across its gold products following a decline in the gold market, dropping the Saint-Gaudens set by $100 to $5,390. Earlier versions of this article listed a higher pre-launch estimate of $6,290 based on gold spot prices at the time; the actual launch price reflected gold’s retreat from its late-August highs.
The Mint adjusts prices weekly using its precious metals pricing matrix. Any sustained move in gold will shift the set’s price again. The 1804 Silver Dollar set launched at $5,740 for comparison, though it too has been repriced since.
The production limit is 15,000 sets with a household limit of one for the first 24 hours. The set remains available at usmint.gov.
The complete five-set collection contains 2.85 troy ounces of .9999 fine gold and five one-ounce .999 fine silver medals. Every set features a gold coin struck at West Point with the Liberty Bell “250” privy mark and a companion silver medal struck at Philadelphia. Sales figures in the table above are as of September 27, 2026 (the most recent Mint reporting period). Prices reflect the Mint’s current pricing tier and may change weekly.
The Mint has been clear that the Best of the Mint is a 2026-only program. No additional sets will be added and no sets will be restruck in future years. Once each allocation is exhausted or the Mint discontinues the product, the secondary market is the only option.
First-Week Sales: How the Debut Compares
The Saint-Gaudens set’s 8,191-unit debut was solid but came in below the 1804 Silver Dollar set’s 9,947-unit opening (66.3% of the same 15,000-unit cap). That makes it the weaker of the two one-ounce gold debuts in the series.
Context matters, though. Gold prices dropped sharply in the week before and after launch — from above $4,400 to around $4,180 — which likely dampened impulse buying on a $5,490 set. The 1804 Dollar launched in late August when gold was trading higher and sentiment was more bullish. The $100 price reduction on September 30 (bringing the set to $5,390) may attract buyers who were on the fence at the higher price.
Among all five sets, the debut ranking by percentage of cap looks like this: Mercury Dime (96.4%), 1804 Silver Dollar (66.3%), Saint-Gaudens (54.6%), Standing Liberty Quarter (47.0%), and Walking Liberty Half Dollar (30.4%). The Mercury Dime was an outlier driven by its $890 price point. Among the higher-priced sets, the Saint-Gaudens debut is middle of the pack.
The design’s name recognition is unmatched in the series. The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is the coin most often cited as the most beautiful coin ever struck by any nation, and that reputation extends beyond numismatists to gold investors who know the design from modern Gold Eagles. The “final set in the series” dynamic also drives completionist buying. With 6,809 sets remaining and no restrikes planned, the question is how quickly the remaining inventory moves as gold prices stabilize.
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