Jackie Robinson Commemorative Gold $5 Coin

By an official Act of Congress, the United States Mint was commissioned to strike gold and silver commemorative coins honoring the American sports legend Jackie Robinson. Mintage limits were 100,000 $5 gold coins and 200,000 $1 silver coins -- the lowest number of authorized silver coins in the modern commemorative era.

Obverse design: Depicts Robinson in his later years as a civil rights leader and political activist.

Reverse design: A baseball design, with the years of Robinson's life, 1919-1972, and the inscription, "Legacy of Courage," in the center.

• JACKIE ROBINSON
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• 1997
• LIBERTY

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• 1919-1972 LEGACY OF COURAGE
• E PLURIBUS UNUM
• FIVE DOLLARS

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