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Gold coins

One dollar

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  Liberty Head Gold dollar (Type I)
  (1849–54)
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  Indian Head Gold dollar (Type II)
  (1854–56)
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  Indian Head Gold dollar (Type III)
  (1856–89)

Quarter eagle ($2.50)

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  Turban Head Quarter eagle (no stars) (1796)
  designed by Robert Scot
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  Turban Head Quarter eagle (stars) (1796–1807)
  Robert Scot
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  Capped Bust Quarter eagle (1808)
  John Reich
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  Capped Head Quarter eagle (large, 1821–1827)
  John Reich
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  Capped Head Quarter eagle (reduced size, 1829–34)
  James Earle Fraser
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  Classic Head Quarter eagle (1834–39)
  William Kneass
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  Liberty Head Quarter eagle (CAL) (1840–1907)
  Christian Gobrecht
  Very scarce 1848 "CAL" punch-marked variety
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  Indian Head Quarter eagle (1908–1929)
  Bela Pratt

Three dollar

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  United States gold 1854 Three-dollar piece (1854) in circulation from 1854–89. Design (Liberty as an Indian Princess) by James B. Longacre, Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint from 1844–69.

Stella ($4 and $20)

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  Gold Stella (Flowing Hair)
  (1879)
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  Gold Stella (Coiled Hair)
  (1880)
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  Gold Quintuple Stella
  (1879)

Half eagle ($5)

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  1795 Turban Head Half eagle (small eagle)
  (1795–98)
  Robert Scot
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  1795 Turban Head Half eagle (heraldic eagle)
  (1795–1807)
  Robert Scot
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  1797 Turban Head Half eagle
  Robert Scot
  The only Turban Head Half eagle known with 16 stars on the obverse.
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  1807 Capped Bust Half eagle
  (1807–12)
  John Reich
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  1813 Capped Head Half eagle
  (1813–34)
  John Reich
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  1822 Capped Head Half eagle (large diameter)
  (1813–29)
  John Reich
  Only three 1822 Half eagles are known to exist.
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  1834 Classic Head Half eagle
  (1834–38)
  William Kneass
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  1840 Liberty Head Half eagle (no motto)
  (1839–1866)
  Christian Gobrecht
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  1866 Liberty Head Half eagle (motto)
  (1866–1908)
  Christian Gobrecht
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  1908 Indian Head Half eagle
  (1908–1929)
  Bela Pratt

Eagle ($10)

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  1795 Turban Head Eagle (small eagle)
  (1795–97)
  Robert Scot
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  1797 Turban Head Eagle (heraldic eagle)
  (1797–1804)
  Robert Scot
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  1839 Liberty Head Eagle
  (1838–39)
  Christian Gobrecht
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  1865 Liberty Head Eagle
  (1840–66)
  Christian Gobrecht
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  1866 Liberty Head Eagle (motto)
  (1866–1907)
  Christian Gobrecht
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  1907 Indian Head Eagle (no motto)
  (1907–08)
  Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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  1908 Indian Head Eagle (motto)
  (1908–1933)
  Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Double eagle ($20)

Liberty head

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  1849 Liberty Head Double eagle (Type I reverse)
  (1849–66)
  Unique for first year of issue
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  1866 Liberty Head double eagle (Type II reverse)
  (1866–1877)
  First year of issue
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  1877 Liberty Head double eagle (Type III reverse)
  (1877–1907)
  First year of issue

Saint Gaudens

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  1907 Saint Gaudens double eagle (Roman numerals, high relief)
  (1907)
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  1907 Saint Gaudens double eagle (Roman numerals, high relief)
  (edge and relief detail)
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  1907 Saint Gaudens double eagle
  (Arabic numerals), (1907)
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  1907 Saint Gaudens double eagle
  (Roman, ultra high relief), (1907–08)
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  1908 Saint Gaudens double eagle (motto)
  (1908–1933)

Half-union ($50, pattern)

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  1877 Half-union $50 gold pattern
  slightly larger head
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  1877 Half-union $50 gold pattern
  curled hair at bottom