5 Dollars (Congress Bicentennial)

The Gold Coin Congress Struck for Its Own 200th Birthday

In 1989, the United States Congress turned 200, and it marked the moment the way republics often do: with a gold coin. The $5 Congress Bicentennial half eagle carried the Capitol dome on one side and an eagle from the old Senate chamber on the other — and a slice of every sale went to repair the building it pictured.