Washington - Enrich your holiday season with collectible platinum and gold coins from the United States Mint 2008 Gift Catalog, scheduled for release on October 27, 2008.  The catalog includes a sneak preview of one of the most eagerly anticipated United States Mint products in recent years - the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin.  This next gem in the United States Mint’s treasure chest, which will be offered for sale beginning in January 2009, is a re-creation of celebrated sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ original 1907 design.

BALTIMORE - The United States Mint chose the Nation’s largest coin show in Baltimore this summer to provide a “golden moment” for visitors by unveiling the much-anticipated 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin, a modern version of what many call the most beautiful gold coin ever created: the 1907 Double Eagle. The exhibit at the United States Mint booth displays the development of this modern masterpiece, from its origin as gold bars through test strikes, to the finished, one-ounce 24-karat (.9999 pure) 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin.