The popular American Gold Eagle Coin was originally distributed way back 1986 as the official gold bullion coin by the US Mint during the period when the South African gold was banned. In America the gold content should be 100% from America sources to consider it legal.
If you are a very serious collector and you want an American gold coin you can purchase them through their denominations as follows, 1/10 oz, ¼ oz, ½ oz and 1 oz and they have 22 carat gold meaning 91.67% pure gold. The denomination of the coin’s will indicate the gold content of the coin and the metals included to sum up the weight of the gold. (more…)
