2021 $50 Gold Eagle - At Dusk & Dawn 35th Anniversary NGC MS70 2-PC set with matched Numbers Michael Castle Signature
This special and very limited two-coin set comprises one of the final 500 American $50 Gold Eagle coins minted with the classic design and one of the first 500 $50 Gold Eagle coins minted with the new Type 2 design.
These coins have a special provenance of being one of only 500 coins struck at a special minting ceremony held at the West Point Mint in April 2021 marking the transition between old and new designs.
Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) has certified both pieces in perfect MS70 condition and ATTRIBUTED MATCHED NUMBERES showing these coins were the 215th last coin struck with the classic design and the 215th coin struck with the new Type 2 design.
American Gold & Silver Eagles at Dusk at Dawn 35th Anniversary coins Coin # 1 sold for $100,000
The U.S. Mint sold the final American Gold and Silver Eagles with the classic design and the first coins minted with the new Type 2 designs at auction in September 2022 for over $4.6 million.
Numerous price records were set during the auction for these extremely desirable coins. Coin # 1, the very first 2021 American Gold Eagle coin with the new design by Jennie Norris sold for $100,000, more than triple the prior record public auction price of $29,700.
These sets are one of a small number signed by Michael Castle, the Coinage Congressman
These coins are numismatic treasures and the pinnacle of any American Gold Eagle collection. This set has been hand signed by Michael Castle, “The Coinage Congressman”, and a two-term Governor of Delaware and near twenty-year member of the US House of Representatives. He is directly responsible for some of the most important and popular modern U.S. coins. While in Congress Mike Castle introduced legislation that authorized a number of important modern U.S. coin programs.
Collector Highlights
Most limited U.S. Mint release of all time!
One of the first and last 500 Gold Eagles minted
Coins minted at a special striking ceremony
First time ever the U.S. Mint documented the order they minted coins
Last strike and First strike – Matched numbered set
Perfect MS70 grade by NGC
Signature coin hand signed by Michael Castle
Absolute rarity