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Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Gold $5 Coin

Commemorative Coins
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1992 Christopher Columbus Commemorative Gold Proof Obverse 1992 Christopher Columbus Commemorative Gold Proof Obverse
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1992 Christopher Columbus Commemorative Gold Proof Reverse 1992 Christopher Columbus Commemorative Gold Proof Reverse
Year of Issue

1992

Authorizing Legislation

Public Law 102-281

Background

Released on August 28, 1992, this commemorative coin was released in honor of the 500th Anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

Recipient Organization

Surcharges were authorized as $35 per gold, $7 per silver, and $1 per clad coin for the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund to be available to the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.

Characteristics

The obverse design of the coin features a side profile of Christopher Columbus.

The reverse of the coin features the crest of the Admiral of the Oceans, an honor that was bestowed upon Columbus, and a map overlapping the western Old World with the date 1492.

Obverse Inscriptions

  • CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
  • LIBERTY
  • IN GOD WE TRUST
  • 1492
  • 1992

Reverse Inscriptions

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • E PLURIBUS UNUM
  • FIVE DOLLARS
  • 1492

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