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  2. Gold dollar - Wikipedia

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    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. 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 (0.5 inch =12.7mm) of any United States coin minted to ...

  3. Dollar coin (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. Dollar coins were first minted in the United States in 1794. While true gold dollars are no longer minted, the Sacagawea, Presidential, and American Innovation ...

  4. Three-dollar piece - Wikipedia

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    The three-dollar piece was a gold coin produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1854 to 1889. Authorized by the Act of February 21, 1853, the coin was designed by Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre. [1] The obverse bears a representation of Lady Liberty wearing a headdress of a Native American princess and the reverse a wreath ...

  5. Coinage Act of 1853 - Wikipedia

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    The Coinage Act of 1853, 10 Stat. 160, was a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress which lowered the silver content of the silver half dime, dime, quarter dollar, and half dollar, and authorized a three dollar gold piece. Although intending to stabilize the country's silver shortage, it, in effect, pushed the United States ...

  6. United States Mint coin sizes - Wikipedia

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    US Coin Sizes and Composition Steel Alloy Copper Copper Alloy Silver Alloy Silver Gold Platinum Palladium Three Cent 14 mm 0.8 g 0.750 fine 1851–1853 14 mm 0.75 g 0.900 fine 1854–1873 Half Dime 15.5 mm 1.24 g 1794–1873 Dollar 15 mm 1.67 gr 1849–1889 $5 American Gold Eagle 16.5 mm 3.11 g 1986–present $10 American Platinum Eagle 16.5 mm ...

  7. Liberty Head double eagle - Wikipedia

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    Design discontinued. 1907. The Liberty Head double eagle or Coronet double eagle is an American twenty-dollar gold piece struck as a pattern coin in 1849, and for commerce from 1850 to 1907. It was designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver James B. Longacre . The largest denomination of United States coin authorized by the Mint Act ...

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