1991 $50 Gold American Eagle
Reverse Filled Dies
(75% Struck Thru Grease)
Signed by Miley Frost, Designer of Reverse
NGC MS 67
SOLD

This 1991 $50 Gold American Eagle was authenticated and certified by NGC as a Reverse Filled Dies mint error. It is in gem mint state condition and major mint errors on gold coins, such as this one, rarely escape the mint and are discovered by collectors.

Although struck thru's are readily available on U.S. coins in lower denominations, and sometimes on U.S. gold coins as well, the struck thru portion is almost always a very small section of the coin. The struck thru area is either grease, debris, string, or a small foreign particle that stuck to the die.

This 1991 $50 Gold American Eagle is the most dramatic struck thru that I have ever seen on a modern gold coin. It is 75% struck thru, affecting most of the lettering and most of the design of the eagles.

This is an amazing and dramatic major mint error on a U.S. $50 Gold American Eagle. It belongs in a collection of U.S. gold coins or major mint errors.


Here is a comparison with a normal
1991 $50 Gold American Eagle:

Here is another amazing and dramatic gold mint error. It is a 1896-S U.S. Liberty Head $20 that has an obverse 75% struck thru grease/filled dies. Click here to view the listing.

Gold Errors are featured in my NLG Award winning book,
World's Greatest Mint Errors.