American Gold Buffalo 1 oz Coin (BU)

The American Gold Buffalo answered decades of demand for four-nines American gold: introduced in 2006, it stands as the US Mint’s first .9999 fine gold coin, wrapping James Earle Fraser’s beloved Buffalo Nickel design around one troy ounce of pure gold. Each carries a $50 face value backed by the United States, giving buyers who want maximum purity a fully American alternative to the 22 karat Eagle. Coins ship as random years of our choosing.

Key Features:

• 1 oz of .9999 fine gold, the US Mint’s purest bullion coin
• US legal tender with a $50 face value, IRA eligible
• Obverse: Fraser’s Native American profile from the 1913 Buffalo Nickel
• Reverse: the American bison standing on a prairie mound

The obverse enlarges Fraser’s landmark portrait onto gold: a Native American chief in right-facing profile, feathers bound into his braided hair, the face carved with the lined realism that made the 1913 nickel a turning point in US coin design. Fraser modeled the portrait as a composite of several chiefs who sat for him. LIBERTY follows the upper right rim with the date below the neckline. The reverse restores the design’s companion, the American bison standing in full profile on a mound of prairie, modeled on Black Diamond of New York’s Central Park Zoo, head lowered beneath massive shoulders. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM span the top, IN GOD WE TRUST sits in the left field, and $50 1 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD anchors the base.

Coins arrive in Brilliant Uncirculated condition on a 32.7 mm planchet. Pure gold is soft, so light contact marks from mint handling are normal and carry no effect on content.

The Buffalo pairs the purity global buyers demand with imagery no other nation can strike. Order a 1 oz American Gold Buffalo today and hold the American West in four-nines gold.