Talk:Gold dollar

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/United States gold coins (I) – One dollar (1854–89)

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Peter Cross designed reverse of 1849 Type I.

I understand that my great-great-great grandfather Peter Cross designed the reverse of the 1849 Type I $1 gold coin. Bill S. (talk) 19:33, 6 October 2015 (UTC) (Bill Stephens)

He had a role in it, depending what book you read. However, Longacre is given credit for the overall design.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:41, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

dollar & Oz of gold

Why ten dollars have more than 1/2 Oz and 1$ less then 1/20 Oz of gold?Zutum (talk) 21:17, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Because the denominations are purely arbitrary and are meaningless except to establish them as coins which many value more highly than medals.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:26, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, it's a little bit unclear.Zutum (talk) 21:30, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

The American Eagle gold coins trade by their weight. The face value is so much lower they are not spent. People are buying the gold, not the face value on the coins, and don't really care what that face value is because the coins will not be spent.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:44, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Dates which the gold dollar was last struck question

In the article, it says >>>The regular issue gold dollar was last struck in 1889; the following year, Congress ended the series.<<<

But I have an 1885 and a 1906 Liberty $20 Gold coin.

Are you sure those dates are correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wbenton (talk • contribs) 03:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Edited to add: [If Wiki Pictures is interested in using these in their picture collection, I can take individual pictures of each using either a solid white or solid black background.] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wbenton (talk • contribs) 03:39, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

We are always happy to get photographs.. The $1 gold piece was last struck as a regular issue in 1889. The $20 gold piece, which you are showing, was struck until 1933. What you are showing is the Liberty Head double eagle, struck from 1849 to 1907. It was replaced by the Saint-Gaudens double eagle, 1907 to 1933.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

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Type 1: Liberty wearing a coronet

Type 2: Liberty as an Indian princess

Type 3: Liberty as an Indian princess with larger head

The gold dollar is a gold coin that was struck as a regular issue by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1849 to 1889. It had three types over its lifetime, all designed by Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre. The Type 1 issue had the smallest diameter of any United States coin ever minted. A gold dollar had been proposed several times in the 1830s and 1840s, but was not initially adopted. Congress was finally galvanized into action by the increased supply of bullion from the California gold rush, and in 1849 authorized a gold dollar. In its early years, silver coins were being hoarded or exported, and the gold dollar found a ready place in commerce. Silver again circulated after Congress required in 1853 that new coins of that metal be made lighter, and the gold dollar became a rarity in commerce even before federal coins vanished from circulation amid the economic disruption of the American Civil War. Gold did not circulate again in most of the nation until 1879, and even then, the gold dollar did not regain its place in commerce. In its final years, struck in small numbers, it was hoarded by speculators and mounted in jewelry.

Coin design credit: United States Mint

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