One Dollar Gold Coins

Intended to be used as regular currency the gold dollar was issued in three types.

One dollar gold coins.

The 1 gold piece was produced by the united states mint from 1849 until 1889. Coins in the first type were just 12 7 mm in diameter smaller than a contemporary dime the coin s size was increased to 14 3 mm in 1854. Sacagawea gold dollar coins were minted first from 2000 until 2008 and again with different reverse designs starting in 2009. There are a couple of special varieties that are collectible like the 2000 p cheerios coin.

These are popular coins but well over a billion have been minted since 2000. Longacre the type 1 issue has the smallest diameter of any united states coin minted to date. Longacre designed the coins which were issued in three types between 1849 and 1856. The coin is 26 5 millimeters in diameter weighs 8 1 grams and is composed of a pure copper core with outer layers of magnesium brass 77 percent copper 12 percent zinc 7 percent manganese and 4 percent nickel.

Although the mint originally marketed this coin as the golden dollar the coin does not contain any gold. Some american gold coins were melted down shortly before the civil war for their value and for a while it was popular to incorporate these dollar coins into jewelry. The gold dollar or gold one dollar piece is a gold coin that was struck as a regular issue by the united states bureau of the mint from 1849 to 1889. Us gold 1 coins.

The coin had three types over its lifetime all designed by mint chief engraver james b.