Liberty 5 Dollar Gold Coin With Roman Numerals

Roman numeral dates were used from 1986 thru 1991.

Liberty 5 dollar gold coin with roman numerals.

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. To complete a collection is well beyond the reach of most collectors. 1 10 1 4 1 2 and 1 troy ounce coins. American eagle gold bullion coin program began in 1986 and continues today.

Back in the day 5 was a lot of money that had a lot of purchasing power. 1987 w gold american eagle 50 ngc pf69 ultra cameo brown label. Free shipping on many items. It is a long running series covering many years.

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. A number of them were gold plated and passed off as 5 gold pieces. Mint issued a special one year ultra high relief saint gaudens gold double eagle twenty dollar gold piece in 2009. Here is a breakdown of the dates.

The coin s obverse design was modeled after the classic. This lasted for v years sorry 5 years until 1991. Latin dates or roman numerals on american eagles. These roman numerals can be found on all gold eagles.

Since the inception of the american gold eagle in 1986 through 1991 the u s. For its day the liberty 5 gold coin was a coin with a face value that was extremely large. 1987 gold 1 10 oz us 5 dollar american eagle coin choice brilliant unc. Mcmlxxxvi 1986 mcmlxxxvii 1987 mcmlxxxviii 1988 mcmlxxxix 1989.

Versions in tenth ounce 5 quarter ounce 10 and half ounce 25 were also made. These coins are popular today but not hugely so. This coin has the date in roman numerals as mmix. Beginning with the 1992 issue the dates were in arabic numbers.

From 1992 they reverted to the use of normal arabic numerals. This gold coin is a tribute to the original ultra high relief double eagles first issued in 1907. The liberty five dollar gold coin value is a direct result of collector demand. The 2009 ultra high relief saint gaudens gold coin.

As a result truly scarce coins with small surviving numbers are affordable today.