1907-P High Relief Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
Key dateThe coin Theodore Roosevelt commissioned to remake American coinage, and the closest the Mint came to realising Augustus Saint-Gaudens' original design. The relief is so deep that each piece needed several blows from the press, which made it impossible to produce at scale. The date is in Roman numerals, MCMVII.
Mintage
- Business strikes
- 12,367
- Mint
- Philadelphia (no mintmark)
- Mintage rank
- 1 of 52
Rank 1 is the lowest business-strike mintage in the series. Mintage and survival diverge more sharply in this series than anywhere else on the site. Double eagles were held as reserves rather than spent, so large numbers never entered circulation at all, and Executive Order 6102 recalled gold coin in 1933. The Treasury melting that followed destroyed most of what it held, and the issues of the late 1920s and early 1930s were hit hardest because they had barely left the vaults. The 1927-D is the extreme case: 180,000 struck, and a handful known today. Read the mintage here as what was made, never as what is available.
Reading the figure
It is the smallest of the 24 Philadelphia issues in the series. Of the 374,034 struck across all mints in 1907, this issue accounts for 3%. Philadelphia struck 29 times as many that year. The 1907 split ran Philadelphia 361,667 and Philadelphia 12,367. The series median is 567,500, so fewer than half as many of these were struck as a typical date. 1907 was the 3rd smallest production year of the 24 in the series. In 1907 the coin was struck at Philadelphia; Denver and San Francisco struck none.
Every sentence above is computed from the mintage table on this page, not asserted separately.
About this figure
A separate Ultra High Relief version, deeper still, exists in roughly twenty to twenty-four known examples. Those were experimental pieces rather than an issued coin and are not counted here or in the published mintage tables.
Scarcity tier
Key date
Assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 is a key date, under 2,500,000 is a semi-key.
This is a reproducible label derived from the mintage column, not a market valuation and not a Coin Curator price opinion. The same thresholds apply to every series on this site. Several dates are far harder or far easier to obtain than their mintage implies; where that is true, it is stated above.
Documented varieties
High Relief, MCMVII
Roman-numeral date and very deep relief, requiring multiple strikes. Produced only in 1907 before the relief was lowered.
Widely recognised varieties only. The VAM reference catalogs thousands of die marriages across these series; the absence of a variety here does not mean none is documented elsewhere.
Mintage tells you very little in this series. Mintage and survival diverge more sharply in this series than anywhere else on the site. Read the full note on the series page.
What to check before buying
Specific to the 1907-P High Relief:
- 1High Relief coins are struck from dies that leave characteristic edge and rim detail; the design is also widely copied in modern replicas and in gold-plated base metal. Certification is the practical baseline.
And for any certified coin
Verify the certification number on the grading service’s own lookup rather than from a photograph of the label, match the listing images to the certification record including grade and any variety attribution, look for cleaning, compare the mintmark against published photographs of the genuine issue, and read the return policy before buying. The grading guide covers each of these in full.
Coin Curator does not grade, authenticate, or appraise coins, and publishes no price or population data. These are verification steps, not a valuation.
Verify a certification number
Look a 1907-P High Reliefcertification number up on the service’s own site. A photograph of a label proves nothing.
Each service publishes its own guarantee with conditions and exclusions. Compare PCGS, NGC and ANACS.
Find a 1907-P High Relief for sale
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Common questions
How many 1907-P High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagles were minted?
The Philadelphia Mint struck 12,367 1907-P High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagles for circulation. That is the 1st lowest business-strike mintage of the 52 date and mintmark combinations in the series.
Is the 1907-P High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle a key date?
Coin Curator labels it a key date, assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 struck is a key date and under 2,500,000 is a semi-key. The same thresholds are used for every series on this site, so the tiers are comparable between them. That label describes production, not market value or how hard the coin is to find today. The coin Theodore Roosevelt commissioned to remake American coinage, and the closest the Mint came to realising Augustus Saint-Gaudens' original design. The relief is so deep that each piece needed several blows from the press, which made it impossible to produce at scale. The date is in Roman numerals, MCMVII.
What varieties exist for the 1907-P High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle?
Widely recognised varieties for this issue include High Relief, MCMVII. Roman-numeral date and very deep relief, requiring multiple strikes. Produced only in 1907 before the relief was lowered. Variety attributions should appear on the certification label rather than only in a seller's description.
What should I check before buying a 1907-P High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle?
Verify the certification number on the grading service's own lookup page, match the listing photographs to the certification record, check for cleaning, and compare the mintmark shape and position against published photographs of the genuine issue. High Relief coins are struck from dies that leave characteristic edge and rim detail; the design is also widely copied in modern replicas and in gold-plated base metal. Certification is the practical baseline.
Why do sources give different mintage figures for the 1907-P High Relief?
A separate Ultra High Relief version, deeper still, exists in roughly twenty to twenty-four known examples. Those were experimental pieces rather than an issued coin and are not counted here or in the published mintage tables.
Related dates
Guides for this coin
All guides →Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: A Collector’s Guide
The most beautiful US coin and one of the most collectible pre-1933 golds. The major types (Ultra High Relief, High Relief, No Motto, With Motto), the famous keys, and how to buy common dates well.
1 min readMarket ContextPre-1933 Gold Coin Collecting and Market Context
Research Saint-Gaudens, Liberty Head, and Indian Head gold by exact type, date, grade, surfaces, current metal value, and coin-specific evidence.
1 min readVintage GuideThe 1933 Double Eagle: A Provenance Lesson
The 1933 Double Eagle combines contested ownership, government litigation, exceptional provenance, and a documented 2021 auction record.
1 min readEducationWhat Makes a Coin a “Key Date”, and Why It Drives Value
Coins from the same series can differ sharply in availability and demand. Learn how date, mintmark, variety, grade, and surfaces shape key-date research.
1 min readMintage sources
Mintage figures are U.S. Mint production records, cross-checked against the published tables below on 2026-08-02. Where those tables disagree, the disagreement is disclosed on the affected page rather than resolved silently.
- CoinMintages.com, Saint-Gaudens double eagle mintages — Reports the 1907 relief types and the 1908 motto types separately, with proofs listed apart from business strikes.
- Wikipedia, "Saint-Gaudens double eagle" — Mintage table citing Yeoman and Bowers, and the source for the Ultra High Relief being an experimental piece rather than an issue.
- NGC and dealer references, 1909 and 1910-S — Consulted to break the two disagreements between the tables above.
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