The Yard Mint

1/2 (Half) Arizona Goldback 24k Gold Foil Note

£3.82 GBP

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Year 2026 2025 (α)

Description

There are doves in two forms on this note: the white birds rising above the scene, and the mission standing behind it — San Xavier del Bac, long known as the “White Dove of the Desert”.

The artwork

The virtue is Fides — Faith — and the subject is the Spanish missionaries who travelled into the Southwest to share their beliefs, build community and work the land. A young woman sits at the centre of the design cradling a candle, standing in for the steady light those missionaries carried with them. Her traditional Spanish gown and cross pendant mark the Catholic heritage behind the story.

The desert around her is busy rather than empty:

Cactus flowers in bloom
A roadrunner at speed
The tiny elf owl
A desert spiny lizard
A lemon tree at her side, a nod to what the missions grew

Overhead, white doves take to the air. The inscription is drawn from Psalms 27:1: “The Lord is my light.”

Who this note suits

The ½ holds 1/2000 of a troy ounce of 24-carat gold. It is the least expensive way into the Arizona series and the natural place to start if you are assembling the set denomination by denomination, or buying someone their first Goldback.

Small notes do most of their work as objects. At this size you are buying the artwork, the format and the novelty far more than the metal, which is worth being clear about before you order.

The trade-off is blunt: the smaller the denomination, the higher the premium per gram of gold. A Britannia, a Sovereign or a plain cast bar will give you more gold for the same money, every time. Buy the ½ because you want the note.

Make it part of your story

Arizona’s designs give you several ways to make the collection personal: a place, a memory, a virtue or a story to share. Begin with the one you want to look at again.

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