I have a very small gold coin that was passed down to me from my father with some other coins. Im having some trouble finding any info on it and it is also very hard to get good pictures of it. It is the same design of the MMIX Ultra High Relief Gold Coin that is in the red book, but my coin is only about 9mm across and 1 to 1.5mm thick. Here is the best picture i could get of it.
It is a 1/10 oz. gold American Eagle. If the date to the right on the obverse is in roman numerals, please spell them out here and I can tell you the year and value.
It's not a real coin. The smallest of that design is the $5 1/10th ounce American Eagle, 16.5mm in diameter
Oh yeah, that must mean that it is one of those mini 1907 High Relief Double Eagles that you find on eBay for $3.00.
Red book has the the picture of the $5.00 1/10oz is it not the size of the coin like the rest of the coins in the book? The picture in the book is little smaller than a dime and the coin i have is in a penny flip. Did they just make it bigger so you could see the coin. The reverse is the same as the MMIX coin not the $5 1/10oz picture. My dad got the coin from his step-father who just passed so i was left with no info on it.
Does this look familiar? These are souvenirs and come in all denominations. If it's recent, it should have COPY on the back.
These "mini" coins have been made by private companies on many occasions. They can come as either gold plated base metal, 8Kt gold, 22 Kt, or 24Kt. Quality of the engraving used on the dies can range from very crude to very good. They have NO collector value and are only worth whatever their metal content is. To determine the metal content you would have to run specific gravity tests, and you may have to also resort to destructive testing to be sure on the plated or 8 KT versions.
I tremble at the thought of anyone having to perform a 'destructive' test on any of these genuine, imitation miniature copies!
