PRE-ORDER 1 Arizona Goldback 1/1000th troy oz 24K Gold

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Expect to receive your item a few days after release date! November 18th. 

This artwork honors the virtue Temperantia, or Temperance. It reflects the Mexican era of Tubac, after Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821.

In the background stands Mission San José de Tumacácori, one of Arizona’s oldest and most important landmarks. At the center is a regal woman in 19th-century Mexican dress. Her embroidered skirt symbolizes the union of Indigenous, Spanish, and Mexican traditions that gave Arizona its roots. Around her are many state symbols: the saguaro blossom (the state flower), the cactus wren (the state bird), and the two-tailed swallowtail (the state butterfly). In the artwork, you’ll also find a desert tortoise, a Harris’s hawk, a javelina, corn, chiles, and prickly pear.

Together, Tubac and Tumacácori remind us that Mexico’s presence shaped southern Arizona. At the heart of this scene is the enduring truth from Galatians 5:22–23:

“The fruit of the Spirit is temperance.”