One Dollar Gold Coins

There are a couple of special varieties that are collectible like the 2000 p cheerios coin.

One dollar gold coins.

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. The first one dollar gold coin was issued in 1849 more than half a century after the coinage act of 1792 but just one year after gold was discovered in california. Longacre designed the coins which were issued in three types between 1849 and 1856. Us gold 1 coins.

The coin had three types over its lifetime all designed by mint chief engraver james b. Longacre the type 1 issue has the smallest diameter of any united states coin minted to date. 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.

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. Although the mint originally marketed this coin as the golden dollar the coin does not contain any gold. The dollar coin is a united states coin with a face value of one united states dollar it is the second largest u s. Intended to be used as regular currency the gold dollar was issued in three types.

These are popular coins but well over a billion have been minted since 2000.