United States 2008-W 5 dollars KM-440

Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 7132

This specimen was lot 7132 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $329. The catalog description^[1] noted, "2008-W Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Gold $5. Proof-70 Ultra Cameo (NGC)." This type was accompanied by a silver half dollar struck at San Francisco and a silver dollar struck at Philadelphia (KM 439). It is the only commemorative five dollars of 2008. Like many others of uninspired design, it sold poorly but others were worse.

Recorded mintage: 13,467 plus 59,269 proofs.

Specification: 8.36 g, 0.900 fine gold, .241 troy oz AGW, 21.6 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 440.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 2007-P silver dollar, Jamestown quadricentenary
• 2008 "silver eagle" dollar
• 2008-P dollar, James Monroe
• 2008-P dollar, Bald Eagle Recovery
• 2008-W 50 dollars, Judicial Branch reverse, ½ oz platinum
• Coins and currency dated 2008
• return to United States Commemorative Coins, since 1982