Liberty 5 Dollar Gold Coin With Roman Numerals

Mint used roman numerals.

Liberty 5 dollar gold coin with roman numerals.

For its day the liberty 5 gold coin was a coin with a face value that was extremely large. Since the inception of the american gold eagle in 1986 through 1991 the u s. 1987 w gold american eagle 50 ngc pf69 ultra cameo brown label. This coin has the date in roman numerals as mmix.

1987 gold american eagle 5 ngc ms69. This gold coin is a tribute to the original ultra high relief double eagles first issued in 1907. Latin dates or roman numerals on american eagles. Here is a breakdown of the dates.

These coins are popular today but not hugely so. The liberty five dollar gold coin value is a direct result of collector demand. Mcmlxxxvi 1986 mcmlxxxvii 1987 mcmlxxxviii 1988 mcmlxxxix 1989. To complete a collection is well beyond the reach of most collectors.

Mint issued a special one year ultra high relief saint gaudens gold double eagle twenty dollar gold piece in 2009. Beginning with the 1992 issue the dates were in arabic numbers. The coin s obverse design was modeled after the classic. 1 10 1 4 1 2 and 1 troy ounce coins.

Roman numeral dates were used from 1986 thru 1991. We don t know why but when the united states of america started issuing gold eagle bullion coins in 1986 they used roman numerals for the dates. It is a long running series covering many years. Free shipping on many items.

These roman numerals can be found on all gold eagles. Back in the day 5 was a lot of money that had a lot of purchasing power. A number of them were gold plated and passed off as 5 gold pieces. More the only us coin with a large roman numeral v 5 on the back was the liberty head nickel issued during the first part of.

This lasted for v years sorry 5 years until 1991. Nowadays this coin is popular amongst collectors not only because of its gold content and related value but also due to it no longer being produced. 1987 gold 1 10 oz us 5 dollar american eagle coin choice brilliant unc. American eagle gold bullion coin program began in 1986 and continues today.

From 1992 they reverted to the use of normal arabic numerals.