United States 1989-P 5 dollars

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 2502

This specimen was lot 2502 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UNITED STATES: AV 5 dollars, 1989-P, Brilliant Proof, American Gold Eagle series, 1/10 troy ounce, housed in protective plastic capsule." A commemorative gold five dollars was issued in 1989 for the bicentennial of Congress (KM 226) but only from the West Point mint. The gold tenth ounce, introduced in 1986, is still in production. The uncirculated strikes do not bear the "P" mintmark, which was dropped after 1993.

Recorded mintage: 264,790 plus 84,647 proofs.

Specification: 3.39 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.100 troy oz AGW, 16.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-216.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• 1986-S dollar, Ellis Island
• 1989 "silver eagle" dollar
• 1990-P 5 dollars, 1/10 oz gold eagle
• Coins and currency dated 1989
• return to United States Gold Bullion Coins, since 1987