Liberty 5 Dollar Gold Coin With Roman Numerals

The liberty five dollar gold coin value is a direct result of collector demand.
Liberty 5 dollar gold coin with roman numerals. A number of them were gold plated and passed off as 5 gold pieces. As a result truly scarce coins with small surviving numbers are affordable today. To complete a collection is well beyond the reach of most collectors. 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.
Latin dates or roman numerals on american eagles. The coin s obverse design was modeled after the classic. American eagle gold bullion coin program began in 1986 and continues today. 1987 gold american eagle 5 ngc ms69.
Roman numeral dates were used from 1986 thru 1991. 1987 gold 1 10 oz us 5 dollar american eagle coin choice brilliant unc. This gold coin is a tribute to the original ultra high relief double eagles first issued in 1907. 1987 w gold american eagle 50 ngc pf69 ultra cameo brown label.
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. This coin has the date in roman numerals as mmix. This lasted for v years sorry 5 years until 1991.
Mint used 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. Back in the day 5 was a lot of money that had a lot of purchasing power. For its day the liberty 5 gold coin was a coin with a face value that was extremely large.
Free shipping on many items. Here is a breakdown of the dates. From 1992 they reverted to the use of normal arabic numerals. Beginning with the 1992 issue the dates were in arabic numbers.
These roman numerals can be found on all gold eagles. The 2009 ultra high relief saint gaudens gold coin. Since the inception of the american gold eagle in 1986 through 1991 the u s. 1 10 1 4 1 2 and 1 troy ounce coins.
These coins are popular today but not hugely so.