1 Ounce Gold American Buffalo 2010 PP (Proof)
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American Buffalo 2010
1 ounce of fine gold, proof
American Buffalo 2010, bison side with the American bison
An American bison and the portrait of a Native American, after the designs James Earle Fraser created for the US five-cent piece of 1913. Issued by the United States Mint.
Fraser’s choice
Two images for one country.
James Earle Fraser was born in 1876 in Winona, Minnesota, and grew up on the prairie near Mitchell, South Dakota. He studied in Paris and under Augustus Saint-Gaudens, then opened his own studio in New York.
In 1913 his five-cent piece went into circulation, the “Buffalo Nickel”. On one side he placed the portrait of a Native American, on the other an American bison. According to the Smithsonian, Fraser chose both as “indisputable representatives of the nation”.
According to the United States Mint, the nickel was thus one of the first to depart from the customary eagle or wreath. It was struck until 1938.
Several Native Americans sat for the portrait.
“My purpose was not to make a portrait but a type.”
Since 2006 a gold coin has borne both images as well: the American Buffalo.
The bison
From a few dozen animals, herds grew again.
Before the mid-19th century, perhaps 30 to 60 million bison roamed North America, most of them on the Great Plains. By the 1890s there were fewer than 1,000.
Yellowstone is the only place in the US where bison have lived continuously since prehistoric times. In 1902 the herd there still numbered about two dozen animals. In the same year, 21 bison from two private herds were added. From both groups grew the two large herds that live in the national park today.
Since 9 May 2016, the bison has been the national mammal of the USA by law.
In gold since 2006
Fraser’s images in 24 karat.
The American Buffalo coins are “the first .9999 fine 24-karat gold coins ever struck by the United States Mint”. Some of the first were struck at West Point in June 2006.
It rests on a law of 2005. The law requires one ounce in weight and 99.99 percent gold, and for the first year of issue it prescribed Fraser’s original design, the “1913 Type 1”. The coin is issued as legal tender with a face value of 50 dollars.
Value, weight and fineness are incused in the grassy mound beneath the bison: “$50” and “1 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD”. On the portrait side are “LIBERTY”, the year and below it Fraser’s initial “F”.
On a proof the field is mirrored and the design frosted, as the United States Mint describes its traditional proofs.
PortraitThe portrait, beside it “LIBERTY”
Year and F“2010”, below it Fraser’s “F”
Mint mark“W” for West Point
BisonThe bison on its grassy mound
InscriptionValue and fineness in the grassy mound
Details from the photos in our gallery.
The editions
Fraser’s bison in three metals.
Gold, silver and copper to the scale of their diameters. Your edition is marked.
Editions we can deliver are linked.
Gold32.7 mm
Silver39 mm
Copper39 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- by James Earle Fraser, 1913
- Weight
- 1 ounce of fine gold
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Face value
- 50 dollars
- Diameter
- 32.7 mm
- Year
- 2010
- Issuer
- United States Mint
- Quality
- Proof
When James Earle Fraser died in 1953, three of his important works remained unfinished.
1 Unze Gold American Buffalo 2010 PP (Polierte Platte)
LIMITIERT AUF WELTWEIT 49.263 STÜCK:
Der American Gold Buffalo 2010 (dt: Amerikanische Gold Büffel) ist eine weltweit beliebte Anlagemünze aus den USA. Die Goldmünze wird seit 2006 von der US Mint zunächst mit einem Feingewicht von einer Unze Gold geprägt. Der American Gold Buffalo zeichnet sich durch seinen hohen Goldgehalt von 999,9/1.000 aus – der American Eagle besitzt lediglich eine Feinheit von 916,67/1.000.
Die Gestaltung der Münze orientiert sich an einer 5 Cent-Münze des Jahres 1913. Der Namensgeber der Goldmünze – ein kräftiger Büffel – ist auf der Wertseite des American Gold Buffalo abgebildet. Unter dem Nominal „50 $“ werden Feingewicht und Feinheit mit „1 oz. .9999 fine gold“ angegeben. Außerdem sind die beiden Sätze „In God we trust“ und „E Pluribus Unum“ (lat: aus vielen eines) in das edle Gold der Anlagemünze geprägt.
Der 50 $ American Gold Buffalo hat ein Feingewicht von einer Unze Gold und wird in der Erhaltung „Polierte Platte“ geprägt. Die Anlagemünze hat einen Durchmesser von 32,7 mm und wird in Holzbox mit Zertifikat verpackt geliefert. Als Münze mit einem besonders hohen Goldgehalt von 999,9/1.000 eignet sich der American Gold Buffalo hervorragend als Anlagemünze/Sammlermünze und ist damit die ideale Ergänzung für Ihre Kapitalanlage.
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