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

Libertas holds the 50 in every Goldback series, so the interest is in what each state does with her. Wyoming puts her in hiking boots in Yellowstone with a torch swapped for a flashlight, on a note carrying 1/20 of a troy ounce of 24-carat gold.

The artwork

The 50 Goldback denomination is always given to Libertas. In the Wyoming design she is a mid-20th century hiker making her way through Yellowstone National Park, and the symbols around her are drawn from the Old Testament account of Deborah, the Lady of Torches.

Wild flowering raspberries surround her. She carries a pack on her back and, in her left hand, a flashlight standing in for the traditional torch. The rest of what she carries is read as follows:

• A walking staff in her right hand represents divine guidance.
• A canteen hanging from her left wrist represents the life that comes from Liberty.
• A sword hangs from her pack and a shield rests at her feet, for the constant need to be ready to defend Liberty against those who would take it away.

Behind her, an eruption from Old Faithful rises alongside a depiction of Osprey Falls. Wolves flank her and a mother grizzly bear stands at her back, carrying both the community and cooperation Liberty depends on and the fierceness sometimes needed to protect and cultivate it.

Who this note suits

This is the anchor of a Wyoming set. At 1/20 troy oz it carries fifty times the gold of the 1, and at 7.6 cm by 16.4 cm it is physically larger than every other note here — wider as well as longer — which makes it the natural framing piece and the one buyers usually reach for when they want a single, serious Wyoming note rather than a run of small ones. If you are building the series, the 50 is normally the last purchase and the one that finishes it.

The candid version: this is the largest single outlay in the set, and the premium over the spot gold price does not disappear because the note is bigger. A 1/20 oz fractional Britannia, a Sovereign or a small bar will still deliver more gold for the same spend. The 50 earns its place through the artwork, the format and its role in a complete series, not through metal value.

Make it part of your story

Choose a Wyoming note for the landscape, the virtue or the person it brings to mind. Keep it in a sleeve and enjoy the detail with someone who shares your curiosity.

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 Wyoming Series

Each denomination carries its own original artwork and a proportional quantity of 24-carat gold. View all Wyoming Goldbacks or browse every Goldback series.