Owner Comments:
Year: MCMLXXXVIII (1988)
Obverse Designer: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Reverse Designer: Miley Busiek
Reverse Design: Type I - Family of Eagles
Denomination: $5.oo
Purity: 0.9167
Weight: 0.1000 Oz.
Gross Weight: 3.39 grams
Thickness: 1.19 mm
Diameter: 16.5 mm
Catalogue Information
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Krause and Mishler KM#: 216
NGC Universal ID: 26KX
Mint Mark: (Philadelphia)
Mintage: 159,500
In 1988, the mintage of $5 gold eagles once again dropped precipitously. This time by over 420,000 coins! That's less than 20% of the mintage of the 1986. Additionally, quality was poor, and less than 2% of coins submitted to NGC have received the grade of MS70, making it one of the keys in the series. (6/2016)