Gold Certificates - some of the most beautiful and valuable Paper Money in History!
Gold Certificates are colorful and beautiful pieces of paper currency that were printed to represent real gold coinage. With the reverse a brilliant golden orange, symbolic of the gold coins they represent, and an obverse that often
featured the portrait of a significant American, most often a U.S. President, Gold Certificates are still among the most attractive of all currency ever printed by the U.S. Treasury.
During the Great Depression, the government officially ended the practice of redeeming Gold Certificates for gold coins and it actually became illegal to possess the notes. Most of these magnificent banknotes were confiscated
and destroyed.
Today, precious few original specimens of this delicate paper currency still exist. When one of these rare notes does appear at auction, they often reach prices of several thousand dollars and, in some cases, have even surpassed the million dollar mark!
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| Limitation: |
9.999 sets worldwide |
| Material: |
Cu, coated in 24k gold with color pad-print |
| Quality: |
Proof |
| Weight: |
8 g |
| Dimensions: |
35 mm x 15 mm |
| Issue year: |
2022 |
| Obverse: |
Reproductions of 30 rare gold certificate faces |
| Reverse: |
U.S. Gold Certificates |