2009 American Eagle Fifty Dollar Gold

About This Coin

The 2009 American Eagle Fifty Dollar Gold is a United States gold coin from the American Eagle Fifty Dollar Gold 1986 to Date series. The Mint's figure for 2009 is 1,493,000 bullion coins. No proof or burnished coin was made that year. The obverse is Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Liberty from the 1907 double eagle, striding forward with a torch and an olive branch; the reverse, by Miley Busiek, shows a male eagle carrying an olive branch above a nest where a female eagle sits with their young. Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens/Miley Busiek. Struck in 91.67% gold, 3% silver, 5.33% copper, weighing 33.93 grams, 32.7 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. The one-ounce American Gold Eagle contains one troy ounce of fine gold in a 22-karat (.9167 fine) alloy with silver and copper. The obverse adapts the Saint-Gaudens double eagle design. Like its silver counterpart, the reverse was redesigned in 2021. The bullion program includes four sizes: 1 oz ($50), 1/2 oz ($25), 1/4 oz ($10), and 1/10 oz ($5).