5 Dollars Jackie Robinson
© U S Mint
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 1997 |
| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Gold (.900) |
| Weight | 8.359 g |
| Diameter | 21.6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 92884 |
| References | PCGS# 9759, 9760 PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) , Greysheet# 10588, 10589Greysheet (https://www.greysheet.com/coin-prices) , KM# 280 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
50th anniversary of the acceptance of the first black baseball player on a major league team.
Obverse
Robinson in his later years as a civil rights leader and political activist.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
JACKIE ROBINSON
1997
W
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY
Engraver: Thomas James Ferrell
Designer: William Cousins
Reverse
Baseball with the words “Legacy of Courage” and the dates of Robinson's birth and death “1919-1972”.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FIVE DOLLARS
1919 - 1972
Legacy of Courage
Translation: E PLURIBUS UNUM = Out of may, one.
Engraver: John M. Mercanti
Designer: James Melvin Peed
Edge
Reeded
Mint
| W | United States Mint of West Point, United States (1973-date) |
Comments
Fifty years ago, American Baseball’s Major League was hobbled by segregation. The field of competition was closed to African Americans.
Then in April 1947, one man braved the taunts and insults, and opened America’s pastime to men of every race and color. Jack Roosevelt Robinson’s athletic prowess and courage on the field was mirrored by the dignity and integrity with which he lived his personal life.
His example has stood for the generations that have followed. And history has accorded a special place for the man that fans of all races came to cheer as “Jackie.”
Then in April 1947, one man braved the taunts and insults, and opened America’s pastime to men of every race and color. Jack Roosevelt Robinson’s athletic prowess and courage on the field was mirrored by the dignity and integrity with which he lived his personal life.
His example has stood for the generations that have followed. And history has accorded a special place for the man that fans of all races came to cheer as “Jackie.”
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 W | 5 174 | 31% | |||||||||||||
| 1997 W | 24 072 | Proof | 92% | ||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 86
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Bullion value: USD 1071.82
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Actual gold weight: 0.242 oz
Current gold price: 4431.31 USD/oz (see gold price 
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