50 Dollars "American Buffalo" Gold Bullion Coinage

50 Dollars "American Buffalo" Gold Bullion Coinage

Features

Issuer United States

Period Federal republic (1776-date)

TypeNon-circulating coin

Years2006-2024

Value50 Dollars

50 USD = NOK 558

Currency Dollar (1785-date)

Composition Gold(.9999)

Weight 31.1035 g

Diameter.32.70 mm

Thickness 2.95 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓

Number N#18451

ReferencesKM# 393, Fr# B20

Obverse

Indian Head facing right with the date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:

LIBERTY

2015

F

Engraver: James Earle Fraser

Reverse

Buffalo to left, value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:

UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA

E

PLURIBUS

UNUM

IN GOD

WE TRUST

$ 50

1 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD

Translation:

United States of America

Out

of Many

One

In God

We Trust

$50

1 oz .9999 Fine Gold

Engraver: James Earle Fraser

Edge

Reeded

Mints

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

W United States Mint of West Point, United States (1973-date)

Comments

In 2006, the United States Mint released the American Buffalo Gold Coin, its first 24-karat denomination, under Public Law 109-145 (the Presidential $1 Coin Act).

The American Buffalo Gold Coin’s obverse and reverse designs feature images by noted American sculptor James Earle Fraser, once a student of Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The coin recreates the popular “Indian Head” or “Buffalo” nickel, which was introduced in 1913 and produced until 1938. The design showcases the native beauty of the American West.