Description
Coin Highlights:
- Contains 1 troy oz actual gold weight.
- Eligible for Precious Metals IRAs.
- Obverse: Modified from Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ famous Gold Double Eagle design, which depicts Lady Liberty walking confidently against the sun’s rays.
- Reverse: The original Type 1 Reverse, utilized from 1986-2021, displays a male American bald eagle in flight bringing an olive branch to his nest, where a female waits with their young. The Type 2 reverse, introduced in 2021, features a striking close-up portrait of the American bald eagle.
- Minted at West Point, N.Y.
- Denomination (face value) of $50 USD.
- Composed of .9167 fine gold, also known as 22k. While it’s not .999 fine, the Gold Eagle still contains 1 troy ounce of gold by weight.