1 Dollar USA (1776 - ) Gold

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Issue year(s):
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-O. NGC graded MS-64. CAC Approved. Well struck and untoned, with vibrant frosty luster throughout. Exceptional choice surfaces. The stars on the Type 1 Gold Dollar comprise a single uninterrupted circle around the coronet-crested head of Liberty. Contrary to the fashion of the period, whe ...

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1849-D. NGC graded XF Details, Soldered. Only 21,588 struck (PCGS # 7507) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. Categories: $1 Liberty

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1850. PCGS graded Proof 60. Lovely golden toning on both sides. Only 2 known. Walter Breen, in his encyclopedia of Proof U.S. coinage (1977), cited this issue (along with the 1850 quarter eagle, half eagle, and eagle) as Unknown in Proof, but provided this supposition: "though at least one of ...

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1849-C. Closed Wreath. PCGS graded MS-60. Mostly untoned. Only 150 examples are estimated to have survived. Produced in the first year of the Gold Dollar series, the 1849-C is an popular coin among collectors who focus in this handsome and important denomination. Of course, C-mint collectors w ...

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1853-D. PCGS graded MS-61. Mostly untoned. Only 6,583 struck. It would seem that a single die pair was used to strike the D-mint Gold Dollars from this year. Mint-caused flaws such as planchet voids and cracks often plague survivors of this issue, and many show post-production problems like ro ...

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1851. NGC graded MS-66. A needle sharp strike exhibiting brilliant greenish-golden luster. A fresh and original gold-surfaced coin whose high-end grade complements the equally fresh mint bloom. A blunt impression is sometimes left by the recoil of the dies that struck Gold Dollar coinage, alth ...
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Moneda de 1 dolar americano. De oro de 22 k. Del año 1851

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1923-S Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with the head nearly full. Close examination suggests this is a full head. Lightly toned around the edges. A nice origin ...

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1908-S. NGC graded MS-66 Red. Nice strike with relatively fresh color. Frosty Gem. Tied for finest at NGC. Satiny matte surfaces explode with intense luster and varying shades of coppery and gol ...

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1919-D. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved. Weak strike as usually seen for the date. But overall a beautiful lustrous untoned example for this rare date. The end of the First World War, celebrated ...
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