1 Dollar USA (1776 - ) Gold

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1849-1854

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The Liberty Head Gold Dollar (also known as the Type One Gold Dollar) was minted from 1849 to 1854.
The obverse of the coins depicts Liberty’s head circled by thirteen stars. She faces to the left and wears a coronet inscribed with the word “LIBERTY”. The reverse depicts a simple wreath encircling the date and value of the coin, and the inscription “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
Coinage of the gold dollar was authorized by the Act of March 3, 1849. The weight was 25.8 grains, fineness .900. The first type, struck until 1854, us known as the Liberty Head or small-sized type.
In 1854 the piece was made larger in diameter and thinner. The design was changed to a feather headdress on a female, generally referred to as the Indian Head or large-sized type. In 1856 the type was changed slightly by enlarging the size of the head.

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1849. Open wreath. PCGS graded MS-62 CAC Approved. Well struck with lovely golden toning. The Liberty head design lasted only until 1854 when the Mint made major changes to the Gold Dollar design (PCGS # 7502) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. Catego ...

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1853-C. NGC graded MS-62. A fully lustrorus untoned example. Only 11,515 minted. The strike on both sides of this handsome little coin is more characteristic of the P-mint issue than that usually seen weaker Mint State 1853-C specimens offered for sale. There is excellent detail on the obverse ...

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1851. PCGS graded MS-62 CAC Approved. A nice untoned coin with excellent detail in the hair and Liberty's coronet on which LIBERTY is spelled out in tiny letters (PCGS # 7513) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. Categories: Gold Dollars

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1849. Open wreath. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ CAC Approved. Light gold toning, a lustrous coin. This smallest denomination United States gold coin was first minted in 1849. This design featured a Liberty head on the obverse while the reverse carried the denomination within a wreath. The concept of a ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-02-28
1852-D NGC graded AU Details. Damaged. Probably used in jewelry. Only 6,360 minted of this relatively scarce Dahlonega Mint issue. Dahlonega struck Gold Dollars from 1849 to 1861 and then ceased operations (it would turn out, permanently) upon the outbreak of the Civil War (PCGS # 7519) . Esti ...

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1851-D. PCGS graded AU-58. Semi reflective fields. Nice golden toning. Only 9,882 struck. Just as the California miners would discover twenty years after this Mint was established in 1838, gold nuggets and dust do not make for a practical medium of exchange, and their use in transactions often ...
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1919-S. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A very popular key date. Light hint of gold tone on the obverse. A well struck near-Gem that has deep silvery mint frost from center to periphery. A few ...

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1876. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Blast white Gem Cameo Proof. Only 1,260 struck. The Twenty-cent piece, sometimes called a "double dime," had a brief appearance in the fourth quarter of the 19t ...
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