1/4 oz Uncirculated American Gold Eagles

It is easy to lump the 1/2 oz and 1/4 oz Uncirculated American Gold Eagle Coins together as underachievers when compared to the 1 oz and 1/10 oz gold coins. However, if you look more closely at these two weights, you’ll see that the 1/4 oz gold coin does stand out compared to its other counterpart among the larger fractional-ounce coins.

Steady, but Versatile

While the history of the 1/2 oz Uncirculated Gold Eagle is replete with mintage figures that fall within a very tight range, the 1/4 oz Uncirculated American Gold Eagle has seen both steady periods and periods of wild swings that do help separate it from the 1/2 oz gold coin in the history of this series.

For example, the difference between the highest (726,031) and lowest (34,004) mintages in the 1/4 oz American Gold Eagle Series is nearly 700,000 coins, while the difference in the 1/2 oz series is closer to 500,000 coins. Even if you took the two highest mintage dates out of each series, the difference between high and low for 1/4 oz Gold Eagles is 230,000 coins, while that same differential for 1/2 oz Gold Eagles is just over 100,000 coins.

High Mintage Marks for 1/4 oz Uncirculated Gold Eagles

As was common with the other coins in this series, the 1/4 oz Uncirculated Gold Eagle saw its highest periods of demand in 1986-1987, during the Y2K crisis in the late 1990s, and during the Great Recession. Unlike the other coins, the 1/4 oz Gold Eagle saw another surge as its records during the geopolitical turmoil of 2015-2016 registered high mintage marks for this weight. The highest mintages recorded in this weight include:

• 1986 – 726,031 coins
• 1999 – 564,232 coins
• 1998 – 309,829 coins
• 1987 – 269,255 coins
• 2015 – 158,000 coins
• 2016 – 152,000 coins

Low Mintage Marks for 1/4 oz Uncirculated Gold Eagles

Just like the other coins in the Uncirculated American Gold Eagle Series, the 1/4 oz gold Eagle saw its demand drop as economic conditions in the United States and around the world improved. The lowest mintages recorded in this series include:

• 2007 – 34,004 coins
• 1991 – 36,100 coins
• 2019 – 38,000 coins
• 1990 – 41,000 coins
• 1988 – 49,000 coins
• 2021 Type 1 – 56,000 coins

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