Bucket of Coins

I placed my order for the new 2009 Saint-Gaudens Ultra High Relief Roman Numerals Gold $20 Double Eagle (Now that’s a mouthful) on January 23. Not to my surprise I was told emailed that the gold coin was back ordered. I ended up getting a total of three emails stating that this exciting new collectible coin was to be shipped to me on March 27th.

As most of you may or not know, the US Mint does not charge your credit card until it’s time for your order to be shipped. So tonight, I was reviewing my credit card statement and yesterday and there is a “Pending” charge from the US Mint for my locked in price of $1189 + shipping.  I figured the US Mint would honor that price…at least they had better. These 2009 UHR Gold Double Eagles have gone up in price as gold has over the past month. I had wished I could have ordered more but with the delays seen with the first batch of these gold beauties, the US Mint would probably been backlogged for months and received enough requests for entire mintage to be sold out.

Needless to say, I am anxious to get this coin, I have always been a fan of the Saint-Gauden Double Eagles and this is a fitting tribute to a great piece of American coinage and coupled with the four 2009 Lincoln penny releases this is a great year for coin collectors everywhere!  I’ll post a photo upon receipt of mine!