1986 1/2 oz $25 Gold American Eagle NGC MS 69 (Don Everhart Sign)

1986 1/2 oz $25 Gold American Eagle NGC MS 69 (Don Everhart Sign)

The Gold American Eagle has been a staple in coin collections since the first release in 1986. Now is your chance to own this historic coin from the inaugural year of issue, with this 1986 1/2 oz $25 Gold American Eagle Coin! Graded an almost-perfect MS 69 by NGC, this coin arrives with a special label featuring the signature of Don Everhart. Order yours today!

Born in August 1949 in Pennsylvania, Don Everhart is an American sculptor as well as coin and medal engraver-medalist. He worked for the private Franklin Mint as a freelance designer before starting to work for the US Mint in 2004. He has over 1,000 models for coins and medals attributed to him as of 2008, and he is still going strong!  Additionally, he has designed three different State's unique reverse designs and modeled three others. His portrait of President William Clinton was notably chosen for Clinton's second term Inaugural Medal.

The obverse features a full-length figure of Lady Liberty with flowing hair, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, with the Capitol building in the left background. Inscribed to the side is the year of mintage written in Roman numerals.

The reverse displays Miley Busiek's family of eagles motif, featuring a male eagle carrying an olive branch flying above a nest containing a female eagle and her hatchlings. Inscriptions include weight and denomination.

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