2017 High Relief American Liberty Gold Coins

Continuing the tradition of this beautiful coins series, the 2017 High Relief American Liberty Gold Coin is struck in 24-karat pure gold. Since 2017 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Mint, it is being celebrated with this unique gold coin. Moreover, being a high-relief coin, it has a significant surface area on the edges, allowing it to bear the beautiful inscription of “225th Anniversary.”

However, that’s not all. The gold coin features Lady Liberty as an African American woman for the very first time, indicating the progressive shift in American principles over these past 225 years. It portrays inclusiveness along with the traditional ideals of liberty that laid the foundation of the United States of America. Each of these coins contains 1 troy ounce of 0.9999 pure gold and also bear a face value of $100 (USD). Moreover, these coins have been struck at the West Point Mint as the “W” mint marks on their reverses indicate.

Established in 1792, the United States Mint started out with a lone minting facility in Philadelphia. Over the past 225 years, it has become a premier minting institution comprising of four minting facilities, with collectors and investors hankering after its products. Since these coins feature a considerable departure from the usual products struck by the United States Mint, they are an essential purchase for collectors who wish to display these unique coins in their collections. Moreover, being only the second gold coin series after the American Gold Buffalo coin series that starting in 2006 to feature 24-karat gold, the 2017 High Relief American Liberty Gold Coin is an excellent way of diversifying precious metals assets as well.