American Buffalo $50 Gold Coins
American Buffalo $50 Gold Coins.
The American Buffalo, also known as a Gold Buffalo, is a 24-karat gold bullion coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint on June 22, 2006, and available for shipment beginning on July 13. This was the first time ever that the United States Government has minted pure (.9999) 24-karat gold coins for the public. The coin has a legal tender (face) value of US$50. The initial 2006 price of the proof coin was $800. The price of the 2007 proof coin was $899.95.
The design of the American Buffalo gold bullion coin is a modified version of James Earle Fraser's design of the Buffalo nickel (Type 1), issued in early 1913. After the mound was removed, the Type 2 variation continued to be minted for the rest of 1913 and every year until 1938 (except 1922, 1932, and 1933, when no nickels were struck). The obverse depicts a Native American man, who Fraser said he based on a mixture of features from three American Indian men (John Big Tree, Iron Tail and Two Moons) from three different tribes that posed for him to be sketched. On the reverse stands an American bison on a mound of dirt, commonly referred to as a buffalo.
2010-W $50 PCGS PR70 DCAM 1st Strike GOLD BUFFALO, 2006-W $50 PCGS PR70 DCam GOLD BUFFALO PROOF, 2007-W $50 BUFFALO PCGS PR70 DCAM FIRST STRIKE 1oz GOLD Coin, 2009 PCGS MS70 First Strike $50 1oz Gold Buffalo, 2010 1oz $50 Pure Gold Buffalo Coin, $50 PF 69 DCAM 2007-W .999 1oz GOLD Buffalo Coin with COA, 2008 $50 MS69 MS 69 One Ounce $50 NGC Gold Buffalo, 2007-W $50 First Strike ICG-PR70 DCAM Gold Buffalo, MS70 FIRST STRIKE $50 PCGS 2009 Gold Buffalo, 2010-W $50 NGC PF70UC PR70DC Early Release Buffalo Gold Coin, 2006 NGC PF70 $50 First Strike Gold Buffalo Coin.
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