Tenth-ounce gold is the entry point for the American Gold Eagle series, and it stays useful long after your first purchase. The 2025 issue holds 1/10 troy ounce of gold in the program’s 22-karat alloy, with a $5 face value and a U.S. government guarantee of weight and content. Small coins move fast in any market, since a buyer needs far less capital to take one off your hands.
Key Features:
- Purity and Weight: 1/10 troy oz of gold; 91.67% gold with copper and silver, 3.393 grams gross
- Metal Type: 22-karat gold, struck by the United States Mint
- Obverse Design: Striding Liberty adapted from Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- Reverse Design: Bald eagle portrait by Jennie Norris
The obverse carries Saint-Gaudens’ Liberty moving forward with a torch raised in one hand and an olive branch held out in the other, her gown caught mid-stride. Sunburst rays fan across the field behind her, the Capitol dome sits at the lower left, and LIBERTY arcs across the top between rows of stars. 2025 appears in the right field. The figure comes from the 1907 Double Eagle, widely regarded as the finest American coin design ever produced.
The reverse shows Jennie Norris’ close-up portrait of a bald eagle in left-facing profile, introduced in 2021. Feather detail runs across the head and neck in fine relief, with the eye and hooked beak struck sharply. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA curves along the top, E PLURIBUS UNUM and IN GOD WE TRUST sit below it, and 5 DOLLARS and 1/10 OZ. FINE GOLD run along the bottom between stars.
The coin measures 16.5 mm across and 1.19 mm thick, with a reeded edge. Brilliant Uncirculated pieces arrive bright and fully struck, shipping in protective flips or tubes depending on quantity.
The 22-karat alloy resists scratching better than pure gold, which matters on a coin this size if you plan to handle it. Fractional gold carries a higher premium per ounce, and that cost buys you divisibility. Order yours today and we will ship it insured in discreet packaging.