Designer Christian Gobrecht’s Liberty Head portrait was the standard design for America’s gold coins from the 1830’s until the early 1900’s. The $5 Liberty Head was the most widely-used gold coin of the era. It represented about a week’s pay for the average worker! But this classic gold coin disappeared from circulation almost a century ago … and all known coins were officially melted by the U.S. government in 1933 on orders from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Just a fraction of these beautiful and historic gold coins have survived, so get yours today! Year our choice.