5 Dollars (Boys Town Centennial)

The 2017 Boys Town $5 Gold Coin: A Charity Coin That Nobody Bought

In 2017, the U.S. Mint struck a small gold coin to honor the 100th birthday of Boys Town, the home for at-risk children Father Flanagan started with five boys in 1917. Collectors mostly shrugged. By the time sales closed, just 2,947 of the uncirculated version had sold — the lowest mintage of any modern American $5 gold commemorative. The coin almost nobody wanted is now the one a certain kind of collector chases hardest.