The 1/4 Idaho Goldback is the smallest denomination in the entire Goldback system, containing 1/4000 troy oz of 24-karat gold sealed inside a flexible polymer note. Idaho became the eighth state in the Goldback program, and its series introduced this quarter denomination for the first time anywhere. Stackers get gold in a spendable fraction that coins cannot match, and collectors get a first-of-its-kind note in the series.
Key Features:
- Purity and Weight: 1/4000 troy oz (0.00025 oz) of .999 fine 24k gold
- Metal Type: Gold layered within a polyester note
- Obverse Design: Justitia, the virtue of justice, blindfolded with raised scales and a lowered sword before Hells Canyon
- Reverse Design: Mirrored impression of the obverse artwork in gleaming gold
The obverse presents Justitia as a blindfolded classical figure, her scales lifted high in one hand while her sword points downward in the other, a pairing that reads as truth weighed and power restrained. Her gown falls in long, engraved folds, a syringa blossom, Idaho’s state flower, rests in her hair, and a monarch butterfly, the state insect, hovers beside her. The elk and cornucopia from the Idaho state seal decorate her belt. Behind the figure, the walls of Hells Canyon drop away in layered relief, the deepest river gorge in North America. The phrase “Judge righteously” runs along the bottom edge, with the 1/4 denomination, IDAHO, serial number, and gold-content statement worked into the ornate border. The reverse carries the same composition in reverse, a signature of the Goldback process, where the design shows through the gold layer itself.
Each note measures roughly 2 x 3.25 inches and incorporates micro-printing, UV-reactive elements, and a unique serial number for authentication. Goldbacks function as a voluntary private currency, not US legal tender, and individual notes ship in protective currency sleeves.
Real gold in the smallest practical increment makes this note useful for barter stacks, gifts, and series collectors chasing every denomination. Pick up the 1/4 Idaho Goldback today and add the first quarter note in Goldback history to your collection.