American Gold Eagle Mintage

The American Gold Eagle was first struck by the United States Mint in 1986. The 22 karat gold bullion coins were available in four different sizes, each containing the specified weight in pure gold. This included one ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, and one-tenth ounce sizes. Bullion coins have been distributed by the US Mint through a network of authorized purchasers. Gold Eagles are acquired for both precious metals investment and collecting purposes.

American Gold Eagle

The design for the obverse of the coin is reproduced from the Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagle, designed by Augustus Saint Gaudens. A depiction of Liberty is shown, as she holds a lit torch and olive branch and strides boldly forward. The reverse of the coins was designed by Miley Busiek, specifically for the new bullion coin series. It features a male eagle bringing an olive branch to a nest containing young eagles and their mother.

Since the Gold Eagle bullion coins are struck to public demand, in general this demand level determines the mintages for each year. Some years when demand and corresponding mintages were lower, collectible value exists for the coins beyond their precious metal value.

For the American Gold Eagle bullion coins:

  • There were a total of 30,257,549 Gold Eagles produced across all denominations for years from 1986 to 2009. The total bullion weight of these coins is 16,614,114 ounces of gold.
  • The most produced denomination is the one ounce coin, which carries a $50 face value. From 1986 to 2009, there have been 13,479,538 of the one ounce Gold Eagles produced.
  • The least produced denomination is the one-half ounce $25 face value coin with production of 2,408,746.
  • The highest mintage individual issue is the one-tenth ounce 1999 Gold Eagle at 2,750,338.
  • The lowest mintage individual issue is the one-half ounce 1991 Gold Eagle at 24,100.

American Gold Eagle Mintages

Date1 oz.1/2 oz.1/4 oz.1/10 oz.
19861,362,650599,566726,031912,609
19871,045,500131,255269,255580,266
1988465,50045,00049,000159,500
1989415,79044,82981,789264,790
1990373,21031,00041,000210,210
1991243,10024,10036,100165,200
1992275,00054,40459,546209,300
1993480,19273,32471,864210,709
1994221,66362,40072,650206,380
1995200,63653,47483,752223,025
1996189,14839,28760,318401,964
1997664,50879,605108,805528,515
19981,468,530169,029309,8291,344,520
19991,505,026263,013564,2322,750,338
2000433,31979,287128,964569,153
2001143,60548,04771,280269,147
2002222,02970,02762,027230,027
2003416,03279,02974,029245,029
2004417,01998,04072,014250,016
2005356,55580,02372,015300,043
2006237,51066,00560,004285,006
2007140,01647,00234,004190,010
2008710,00061,00070,000305,000
20091,493,000110,000110,000270,000
20101,125,00081,00086,000435,000
2011857,00070,00080,000350,000
2012675,00043,00090,000290,000
2013758,50057,000114,500555,000
2014425,00035,00090,000545,000
2015626,50075,000158,000980,000
2016817,50074,000152,000925,000
2017228,50037,00064,000395,000
2018191,00032,00062,000230,000
2019108,00030,00038,000195,000
2020747,50070,000106,000350,000
2021 Type 1456,500456,50056,000150,000
2021 Type 2665,50065,000108,000350,000
2022TBDTBDTBDTBD

Source: Gold Eagles