50 Oklahoma Goldback | Aurum Gold Foil Note (24k)

Oklahoma averages more than 60 tornadoes a year, including some of the most powerful on Earth. The 50 puts the response on the note rather than the disaster: a woman kneeling steady in the grass with a funnel already turning behind her.

The artwork

The virtue is Vigilantia, Vigilance. She kneels in tall prairie grass, composed rather than braced, while the tornado spirals across the skyline. Her equipment case in the foreground carries the name Vigilantia, stated plainly rather than symbolically.

What sits behind her is real working kit from Oklahoma's severe-weather research, a field the state is known for worldwide:

• A Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar unit.
• A mobile mesonet vehicle.
• A weather balloon.

The reading the design invites is a specific one. Oklahoma does not simply endure its storms; it leads the science of understanding them, and the character of its people tends to show most clearly in the days after one has passed.

Inscribed at the bottom is 1 Corinthians 16:13: “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.”

Who this note suits

The 50 holds 1/20 of a troy ounce of 24-carat gold, fifty times the metal in a 1 note. It is also a physically bigger format at 7.6 cm x 16.4 cm, wider as well as longer than the notes below it, and detail that is fiddly on a small denomination has room to breathe here.

It suits a collector completing an Oklahoma set from the top down, or a buyer who wants a single note as a display or gift piece. Premiums per gram fall as the denomination rises, so this is among the more efficient ways into the format.

Efficient is relative, though. You are still paying well above the gold price, and 1/20 oz of gold in coin or bar form costs considerably less. If you want metal, buy metal. If you want this artwork in gold, buy the note.

Make it part of your story

A family story, a shared journey or a favourite detail can be the reason to choose Oklahoma. Compare the designs and make a collection that reflects what matters to you.

The price includes artwork and manufacture as well as gold. Condition and collector demand can affect resale.

• Contains 1/20 troy oz (0.05 oz) of 24-carat gold.
• Grade: (U) Crisp Uncirculated
• Metal content: 0.05 troy oz
• Purity: .999
• Thickness: 0.10 mm
• Size: 7.6 cm x 16.4 cm (3.0 in x 6.46 in)
• Manufactured in the USA.

The Oklahoma Series

Each denomination carries its own original artwork and a proportional quantity of 24-carat gold. View all Oklahoma Goldbacks, read the Oklahoma collector guide, or browse every Goldback series.