American Liberty Coin Program

Benjamin Franklin said, “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” Liberty is a founding principle of the United States and remains an important value of the American people. To celebrate our freedom, the United States Mint has created these designs to honor classic symbols of liberty in a modern way. We invite you to shop our liberty themed collection of Mint-quality coins and medals.

1957: Striking the purest gold
We achieved “arguably the purest of all gold” in 1957. Refinery Officer Leo Hickey and Senior Craftsman Alexander Osborne produced a proof ‘plate’ of almost six nines – 999.999 parts of gold per thousand – as measured by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in London.

The Royal Mint was so impressed that it ordered some of the gold as the benchmark for its own standards.