Modern Bullion Coins
2009 $20 One-Ounce Gold Ultra High Relief Twenty Dollar MS70 Prooflike NGC. U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy conceived the idea of a coin modeled after the extremely rare Judd-1917 patterns in the Smithsonian Institution, ultra high relief twenty dollar pieces struck on a double-thick planchet with the diameter of a ten dollar gold piece. Offered in 2009, the coins were an instant hit with collectors and the issue quickly sold out. This fully struck, technically perfect example exhibits deeply reflective prooflike fields.