1987 American Eagle Five Dollar Gold
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About This Coin
The 1987 American Eagle Five Dollar Gold is a United States five-dollar gold coin from the American Eagle Five Dollar Gold 1986 to Date series — the second year of the series. For 1987, the Mint's figures are 580,266 bullion coins. Saint-Gaudens's Liberty from the 1907 double eagle, carrying a torch and an olive branch, fills the obverse; Miley Busiek's reverse shows a male eagle with an olive branch flying above a nest where a female eagle sits with her young. Struck in 91.67% gold, 3% silver, 5.33% copper, weighing 3.39 grams, 16.5 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens/Miley Busiek.
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