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Photo: “U.S. gold five dollar 1987” by Kevin Dooley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, background removed
Melt value
$400
0.1 troy oz at $3,997.94 per oz gold spot
Reddit asking premium
$25.72 over melt
Median ask of 117 sellers; asking prices, not sales
The American Gold Eagle 1/10 oz contains 0.1 troy ounces of fine gold. At $3,997.94 per ounce (spot as of October 25, 2026), its melt value is $400. Over the 90 days to October 24, 2026, 117 distinct Reddit sellers asked a median of $25.72 over melt for it. These are asking prices, not completed sales.
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Recent asks (12 of 117)
These are asking prices, not completed sales. Each premium is measured against the spot price on the day it was posted. Asks differ from one another by $6.11 (median absolute deviation): a spread, not a range to price within.
| Posted | Ask per item | Over melt | Spot that day | Subreddit | Item | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2026 | $420.00 | $20.02 over melt | $3,999.76 | r/Pmsforsale | 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 23, 2026 | $440.00 | $37.95 over melt | $4,020.48 | r/Pmsforsale | 1994 1/10oz American Gold Eagle BU (10 listed) | post |
| October 23, 2026 | $440.00 | $36.97 over melt | $4,030.31 | r/CoinSales | 2024 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 21, 2026 | $446.25 | $31.80 over melt | $4,144.53 | r/Pmsforsale | 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle (8 listed) | post |
| October 19, 2026 | $440.00 | $22.19 over melt | $4,178.14 | r/Pmsforsale | 1/10 American Gold Eagle (2 listed) | post |
| October 18, 2026 | $440.00 | $23.25 over melt | $4,167.45 | r/Pmsforsale | 2026 1/10 Oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 16, 2026 | $439.00 | $22.07 over melt | $4,169.30 | r/Pmsforsale | 2016 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 15, 2026 | $440.00 | $24.35 over melt | $4,156.52 | r/Pmsforsale | 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 12, 2026 | $460.00 | $43.11 over melt | $4,168.89 | r/Pmsforsale | 2023 1/10oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 9, 2026 | $430.00 | $12.47 over melt | $4,175.31 | r/Pmsforsale | 1999 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle | post |
| October 8, 2026 | $438.00 | $24.54 over melt | $4,134.56 | r/Pmsforsale | 2020 Canadian Gold Eagle 1/10 oz | post |
| October 5, 2026 | $440.00 | $26.39 over melt | $4,136.14 | r/Pmsforsale | 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle | post |
Item names are an automated extraction from each post, not the seller's own words.
Specifications
- Issuer
- United States Mint
- Legal tender in
- United States
- Face value
- 5 dollars (US)
- Fineness
- .9167
- Fine gold content
- 0.1 troy oz
- Gross weight
- 3.393 g
- Diameter
- 16.5 mm
- First issued
- 1986
- Coindex id
AGEO-110oz
A 22-karat coin: it weighs more than a tenth of an ounce because of its alloy, but contains exactly one tenth of a troy ounce of gold. Source: US Mint — American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins.
History
Congress created the United States Mint with the Coinage Act of April 2, 1792, establishing the nation's first national mint after the Constitution was ratified. It was placed in Philadelphia, then the capital, and its building there was the first federal building erected under the Constitution. David Rittenhouse was the first director.
An 1873 law made the Mint a bureau of the Treasury Department, and it still produces coins at Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco and West Point and runs the Fort Knox bullion depository. A ban on private gold ownership dating from 1933 was lifted at the end of 1974. The American Gold Eagle was first struck on September 8, 1986, and the one-dollar American Silver Eagle on October 29, 1986. Platinum coins were authorized in 1997, and palladium American Eagles went on sale in 2017.
Further reading
- U.S. Mint: History of the U.S. Mintusmint.gov
- U.S. Mint: Historical timeline of the U.S. Mintusmint.gov
Compiled by Coindex from the sources above. It is not a statement by the mint.
Sources: specifications from the source cited above, spot from Coindex's precious-metals feed, and asking prices from r/Pmsforsale and r/CoinSales posts matched to this exact product. Coindex does not sell bullion and is not a dealer.