Do you have a US gold Coin and want to know more about it? The US Gold Coin can come in a variety of sizes, denominations and gold contents. A popular variety of the US Gold Coin is the American Gold Eagle gold bullion coin. This US Gold Coin is 22 karat, or 91.6 percent pure gold, with the remaining content being copper and silver.
This US Gold Coin also comes in a variety of sizes and denominations. The 1/10 American Gold Eagle US Gold Coin has 1/10 of a troy ounce of gold. This US Gold Coin has a currency denomination of $5 US. The 1/4 American Gold Eagle US Gold Coin has 1/4 of a troy ounce of gold. This US Gold Coin has a currency denomination of $10 US. The 1/2 American Gold Eagle US Gold Coin contains 1/2 of a troy ounce of gold. This US Gold Coin has a currency denomination of $25 US. The 1 ounce American Gold Eagle US Gold Coin has 1 ounce of gold. This US Gold Coin is in the $50 denomination. As with every US Gold Coin, the denomination of the US Gold Coin is lower than the intrinsic value of the gold contained in the US Gold Coin. Another popular type of US Gold Coin is the Gold Buffalo US Gold Coin.
The Gold Buffalo US Gold Coin is the first and only US Gold Coin made of 99.99 percent pure gold, with other varieties of US Gold Coin being either 90 percent or 91.6 percent pure gold. The American Buffalo US Gold Coin was first minted in 2006. The American Gold Buffalo US Gold Coin has a design based on the US Buffalo Nickel. The American Gold Buffalo US Gold Coin displays an American Indian on the obverse of this US Gold Coin, along with the year, the word “Liberty”, and the mint mark.
The reverse of the American Gold Buffalo US Gold Coin displays a buffalo, along with the words “The United States of America”, “E Pluribus Unum” and “In Gold We Trust”, along with .9999 gold and the size and denomination of the American Gold Buffalo US Gold Coin. A third type of US Gold Coin is the older, pre 1933 US Gold Coin varieties. These come in several denominations, the most popular of which are the $20 US Gold Coin, the $10 US Gold Coin, the $5 US Gold Coin, and the $2.50 US Gold Coin.
This variety of US Gold Coin were legal tender in their time, and their face value actually exceeded their intrinsic gold value at the time in which they were minted.