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First Spouse Gold Coin — ½ oz: A changing portrait a half-ounce format

First Spouse portraits vary, but this gold-coin format contains half a fine ounce. Identify the actual ten-dollar gold coin, not a related bronze medal. This calculator profile uses 0.5 fine troy ounce of gold per coin. Contained metal value is separate from collector value.

34 secondsAudio: English. Captions available in four languages. Choose captions in the video player.Reference photographs, not sale inventory.2007 Martha Washington example. Portraits vary across the First Spouse series.
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  1. First Spouse portraits vary, but this gold-coin format contains half a fine ounce. Identify the actual ten-dollar gold coin, not a related bronze medal.
  2. This profile contains zero point five fine troy ounce of gold per coin.
  3. Two matching coins contain one fine troy ounce. Multiply that total by the current gold spot price.
  4. Purity is already included. The exact issue and condition still matter for collector value.
  5. Choose the exact coin at NumisTrends dot net.

Photographs resized and cropped for display; coin details are not retouched. United States Mint · Public domain in the United States (Mint employee design and Mint source image; Commons PD-US-money record) · License.

Music: “I Found the Grade in the Lighting” by NumisTrends.

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