2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Proof Five-Dollar Gold Coin 22CH FREE SHIPPING
Negro Leagues Baseball 2022 Proof Five-Dollar Gold Commemorative Coin - 22CH. The Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coins are being minted in honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Negro National League, a professional baseball league formed in response to African-American players being banned from the major leagues. Public Law 116-209, which authorized the commemorative coin program, requires the coins to be emblematic of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and its mission to promote tolerance, diversity, and inclusion.
Obverse: Features a portrait of player, manager and executive, Andrew "Rube" Foster with his signature. Foster established the Negro National League in a meeting held at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920. Inscriptions are "NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL, " "IN GOD WE TRUST, " "2022, " and LIBERTY. Reverse: Depicts the gesture of tipping one's cap, an important sign of respect for players.
90% Gold, 6% Silver, Balance Copper. 0.850 inch/21.60 mm. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins: US\Commemorative\Modern Gold (1984-Now)". The seller is "rmaser67" and is located in this country: US.
This item can be shipped to United States.
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Denomination: $5
- Year: 2022
- Strike Type: Proof
- Mint Location: West Point
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Certification: U.