$2.50 Quarter Eagle (.12094 oz) Pure Gold

As part of President Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to rejuvenate America’s coinage, the Indian Head Quarter Eagles feature an “incuse” design where the elements are recessed below the surface, there is no raised rim and the flat field is the highest point.

Three Dollar Gold Piece(.14512 oz) Pure Gold

First struck in 1854 by order of the Congress, it is believed that this new denomination was created to make it easy to purchase 3-cent postage stamps in sheets of 100. Mintages for most years of the Three Dollar Gold Piece were relatively low.

$5 Half Eagle
(.24187 oz) Pure Gold

The creation of the Classic Head Half Eagle resulted from the need for the United States to reduce the gold content of its coins when the gold content exceeded the coin’s face value and many coins were melted for their gold value rather than spent.

$5 Half Eagle Type 2
(.24187 oz) Pure Gold
With Motto
The Liberty Head Half Eagle, also known as a Coronet Head Half Eagle, was widely used by the general public because of its practical Five Dollar denomination. That dollar amount often represented a week’s wages for the average worker.

$5 Half Eagle
(.24187 oz) Pure Gold

As Part of President Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to liven up America’s coinage, Bela Lyon Pratt’s Half Eagle design followed the same radical design approach he used for the Indian Head Quarter Eagle in which the design elements are recessed below the coin’s surface.

$10 Eagle
(.48375 oz) Pure Gold
With Motto
The Liberty Head Eagle is also known as the Coronet Head Eagle. Though it circulated nationwide, large quantities of this coin ended up being held by foreign banks, as those nations did not want to conduct trade with the U.S. using paper currency money.

$10 Eagle
(.48375 oz) Pure Gold
With Motto
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was considered one of the nation's greatest sculptors of the time, and this eye-catching Ten Dollar gold coin with its dramatic Indian portrait obverse and proud eagle reverse was one of only two coin designs Saint-Gaudens completed before he died.

$20 Double Eagle Type 1
(.96750 oz) Pure Gold
No Motto
The huge amount of gold being produced out West during the 1800s allowed the minting of larger denomination gold coins, and the Twenty Dollar Gold Double Eagle - authorized by an Act of Congress in 1849 - became the largest denomination of all regular issue U.S. coins.

$20 Double Eagle Type 2
(.96750 oz) Pure Gold
With Motto
Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1849, the Twenty Dollar Gold Double Eagle is the largest denomination of all regular issue U.S. coins. From 1866 the motto “In God We Trust” was added to the reverse above the eagle.

$20 Double Eagle Type 3
(.96750 oz) Pure Gold

Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1849, the Twenty Dollar Gold Double Eagle is the largest denomination of all regular issue U.S. coins. Starting in 1877, the value “Twenty D.” was spelled out “Twenty Dollars.”

$20 Double Eagle
(.96750 oz) Pure Gold
No Motto
President Teddy Roosevelt arranged for renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign America’s coinage. Many consider this to be the most beautiful coin ever produced by the United States Mint to date.

$20 Double Eagle
(.96750 oz) Pure Gold
With Motto
President Teddy Roosevelt arranged for renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign America’s coinage. Many consider this to be the most beautiful coin ever produced by the United States Mint to date.