One Dollar Gold Coins

Us gold 1 coins.

One dollar gold coins.

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. Longacre designed the coins which were issued in three types between 1849 and 1856. 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. Coin currently minted for circulation in terms of physical size with a diameter of 1 043 inches 26 5 millimeters and a thickness of 0 079 in 2 0 mm coming second to the half dollar dollar coins have been minted in the united states in gold silver and base metal versions.

Longacre the type 1 issue has the smallest diameter of any united states coin minted to date. Intended to be used as regular currency the gold dollar was issued in three types. The coin had three types over its lifetime all designed by mint chief engraver james b. 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.

There are a couple of special varieties that are collectible like the 2000 p cheerios coin. Although the mint originally marketed this coin as the golden dollar the coin does not contain any gold. These are popular coins but well over a billion have been minted since 2000. 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.

Sacagawea gold dollar coins were minted first from 2000 until 2008 and again with different reverse designs starting in 2009.