5 South Dakota Goldback

5 Goldback Denomination; South Dakota – Industria

The next Virtue in the series is Industria, meaning Industry. She makes her first appearance on a Goldback Design as a woman walking through the fields of a farm, surrounded by items such as corn, honey, hay, wheat, sunflowers, pumpkins, and many others. Behind her are silos full of grain, one of which is being filled by an auger and has old glory painted on it. With one hand on her hat and her arm looped through a basket full of corn, her sundress billows in the warm late summer breeze. The careful observer will also note the smile on Industria’s face as she caresses the leaves of the corn stalks next to her. As she walks toward a cornucopia full of harvest, she clearly is finding joy in the labor of her hands, just as this denomination exhorts us to do through its inscription, “Abound in Good Works”.

This denomination was inspired by the artist’s travels through the plains of South Dakota along Interstate 90, from Rapid City, heading west. This area has a rich history of early settlers and homesteaders who struggled to grow crops and, despite many of their neighbors giving up in those days, those who worked hard and exemplified the qualities of industry in the area were eventually able to reap abundant harvests. As a result, South Dakota is now one of the top producers in the United States for corn, soybeans, and wheat, annually selling over $10 billion worth of agricultural products in recent years.

South Dakota Five Goldbacks 
Gold Content: 1/200th Troy Ounce 24K Gold 
Size: 2 9/16 in (6.5 cm) width 5 1/8 in (13 cm) height