When gold started pouring in from California in the 1840s, the U.S. Mint looked for new ways of converting the metal into coin. The result was three new denominations: the $20 Double Eagle, the $3 Gold Princess, and the $1 Gold Dollar. The first U.S. Gold Dollars were issued in 1849; the version is known as the “Type 1.” The coin was redesigned and made larger in 1854, thus creating the Type 2 version. The final iteration, struck from 1856 through 1889, is classified as the Type 3.
GreatCollections has sold 2,702 Gold Dollars in the past 10 years, selling at prices from $79 to $91,688, in grades 1 to 69. Of these, 382 were approved by CAC.
Following the discovery of gold in California, the yellow metal began pouring into the marketplace. Eager to convert this bullion into coinage, the U.S. Congress authorized a new one dollar gold coin. A Silver Dollar was already being produced, but the federal government hoped that a smaller gold coin of the same denomination might succeed. In 1849, the first Gold Dollar were released. (read more)
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