The fifth and final Best of the Mint set goes 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. The set is priced at $6,290, limited to 15,000, and capped at one per household.
Four sets have already been released. The Mercury Dime and Standing Liberty Quarter sets sold through their production limits. The Walking Liberty Half Dollar set is capped at 30,000. The 1804 Silver Dollar set launched August 20. The Saint-Gaudens finale carries the largest gold coin in the series alongside a companion silver medal, and it will close out 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 “1907.” 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.”
Silver medal: A one-ounce .999 fine silver medal struck at Philadelphia with a new interpretation of Saint-Gaudens’ Liberty. 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 is priced at $6,290, matching it as one of the most expensive entries in the series alongside the 1804 Silver Dollar set. The price is set by the Mint’s precious metals pricing matrix based on gold spot prices at the time of the pricing window. If gold moves significantly before September 24, the price may adjust.
The set will be available at usmint.gov starting at noon ET on September 24. The production limit is 15,000 sets with a household limit of one. Based on the earlier sets in the series, expect high first-day demand. The Mercury Dime and Standing Liberty Quarter sets both sold through their allocations.
The Saint-Gaudens set will likely be the strongest seller among the one-ounce gold sets. The design’s connection to the Gold Eagle bullion program gives it a built-in audience beyond traditional numismatists, and the “final set in the series” dynamic tends to drive completionist buying.
The complete five-set collection contains 2.85 troy ounces of .9999 fine gold and five one-ounce .999 fine silver medals. Across all five sets, the total outlay is approximately $17,750 at current pricing. 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.
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.
What to Watch For
Three factors will shape demand for the Saint-Gaudens set. First, the design’s name recognition is unmatched in the series. While the 1804 Silver Dollar and the Walking Liberty are beloved by collectors, the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is the coin most often cited as the most beautiful coin ever struck by any nation. That reputation extends beyond numismatists to gold investors who know the design from modern Gold Eagles.
Second, the finality factor. The Saint-Gaudens set closes the Best of the Mint series. Collectors who skipped earlier sets may buy the finale; completionists who own the first four sets have strong motivation to finish. Either pattern pushes first-day volume higher.
Third, gold prices. At $6,290, this is a significant purchase. The Mint’s pricing matrix adjusts weekly, so the final price on September 24 will depend on where gold is trading in the days before the launch. Gold near $4,500 per ounce at the time of this writing keeps the set in the $6,200 to $6,400 range.
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