2019 Silver 1 oz. National Parks Foundation Liberty One Cent Saint-Gaudens Private Issue Commemorative - Mercanti Signed Label (NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo)

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When President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign all of America’s coinage, the famed master sculptor completed only three designs before his untimely passing in 1907 – the $20 Gold Double Eagle, the $10 Gold Indian, and an unreleased Bronze Cent. Now, for the very first time, a new series of officially licensed proofs has been released that pays tribute to “the coin that never was” – the last coin of Saint-Gaudens.

Officially licensed by the National Park Foundation, each proof was struck in a full ounce of highly-pure 99.9% silver to beautifully capture the genius of Saint-Gaudens in a way the master himself could only have dreamed of. The obverse features a profile of Lady Liberty wearing a wreath of laurel leaves – a profile later given a feathered headdress and used for the $10 Gold Indian. The reverse displays the words ONE CENT and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA encircled by laurel leaves above the dual dates of 1907 and 2019. At 32 mm in diameter, it’s slightly larger than a U.S. Half Dollar, a size that allows the viewer to see all the exquisite designs Saint-Gaudens intended for his one-cent coin.

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