The "Ultra High Relief" designation here reflects a genuine technical achievement — the RCM has invested heavily in its modified multi-strike pressing process, which forces metal into die recesses that standard single-strike production cannot reach. The tradeoff is throughput: these pieces require significantly more press time per coin, which is precisely why the mintages stay low and the premium over spot stays high.
The gold plating over .9999 silver is applied selectively, a technique the RCM refined across several collector series in the 2010s and 2020s to create tonal contrast without resorting to colorization.
The "Ultra High Relief" designation here reflects a genuine technical achievement — the RCM has invested heavily in its modified multi-strike pressing process, which forces metal into die recesses that standard single-strike production cannot reach. The tradeoff is throughput: these pieces require significantly more press time per coin, which is precisely why the mintages stay low and the premium over spot stays high.
The gold plating over .9999 silver is applied selectively, a technique the RCM refined across several collector series in the 2010s and 2020s to create tonal contrast without resorting to colorization.