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.

The liberty five dollar gold coin value is a direct result of collector demand. This coin has the date in roman numerals as mmix. Since the inception of the american gold eagle in 1986 through 1991 the u s. 1987 gold american eagle 5 ngc ms69.

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. Beginning with the 1992 issue the dates were in arabic numbers. To complete a collection is well beyond the reach of most collectors. Here is a breakdown of the dates.

American eagle gold bullion coin program began in 1986 and continues today. 1987 gold 1 10 oz us 5 dollar american eagle coin choice brilliant unc. 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. From 1992 they reverted to the use of normal arabic numerals.

Mcmlxxxvi 1986 mcmlxxxvii 1987 mcmlxxxviii 1988 mcmlxxxix 1989. As a result truly scarce coins with small surviving numbers are affordable today. Latin dates or roman numerals on american 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. For its day the liberty 5 gold coin was a coin with a face value that was extremely large. This lasted for v years sorry 5 years until 1991. These roman numerals can be found on all gold eagles.

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. The 2009 ultra high relief saint gaudens gold coin. 1987 w gold american eagle 50 ngc pf69 ultra cameo brown label. The coin s obverse design was modeled after the classic.

It is a long running series covering many years. Mint used roman numerals. Versions in tenth ounce 5 quarter ounce 10 and half ounce 25 were also made. This gold coin is a tribute to the original ultra high relief double eagles first issued in 1907.

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