1990-W $50 Gold American Eagle NGC PR70DCAM

This $50 Gold American Eagle Proof bullion coin is produced from 22-karat gold, plus small amounts of alloy. The metal content is 91.67% gold, 3% silver, with the balance 5.33% being copper. This one-ounce coin with a stated $50 face value is 1.287 inches (32.70 mm) in diameter, and contains one troy ounce of gold and weighs 1.0909 troy ounces (33.931 g). This compound creates stronger, harder coins that resist scratching and marring. This piece was struck at the West Point Mint in New York. The mintage is 62,401. NGC has graded 1,922 as PF70 Ultra Cameo. The Collectors Universe price for this issue in PF70 Ultra Cameo is $4,000.00.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, whose famed obverse design of the $20 double eagle of 1907-1933 graces the $50 Gold American Eagle offered by AUCM. His image and signature are found upon the NGC holder of this beautiful specimen.

The obverse of this $50 Gold American Eagle replicates Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ beautiful and renowned Striding Liberty double eagle $20 gold piece, commonly called the ‘Saint’ as an homage to the famed sculptor-medalist. The Saint was created upon the insistence and with the collaboration of President Theodore Roosevelt and was produced from 1907-1933. When producing this $50 Gold American Eagle, the U.S. Mint employed the original bronze cast in order to reflect Saint-Gaudens’ original vision. From 1986 to 2021, the reverse, which was crafted by sculptor Miley Busiek, presented an eagle carrying an olive branch hovering above a nest within which is a second eagle and their hatchlings.