Gold Certificates of the United States Commemorative Coin Set

"America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men."
President Woodrow Wilson, creator of the Federal Reserve, who is featured on the $100,000 Gold Certificate, the highest denomination of currency ever issued by the U.S. Treasury.

Gold Certificates were colorful banknotes that representedownership of the corresponding amount of gold coins. With the reverse printed in a brilliant golden orange and an obverse that typically featured the portrait of a significant American, most often aU.S. President, gold certificates were among the most attractive of all paper currency. During the Great Depression, the government officially ended the practice of redeeming Gold Certificates for gold coins. It actually became illegal to possess the notes so nearly all circulating gold certificates were turned over to the U.S. government to be destroyed. With so few specimens of gold certificates remaining today, these important historic pieces of paper currency are highly coveted by collectors and command high prices, especially in hard-to-find, pristine conditions.

Twelve exclusive coins:
1934 $100,000 Gold Certificate
1882 $10,000 Gold Certificate
1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate
1922 $500 Gold Certificate
1933 $100 Gold Certificate
1882 $100Gold Certificate
1922 $50 Gold Certificate
1922 $20 Gold Certificate
1905 $20 Gold Certificate
1882 $20 Gold Certificate
1922 $10 Gold Certificate
1907 $10 Gold Certificate