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Gold dollar

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 date.

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Composition
90% gold, 10% copper
Design
Liberty wearing a coronet. Type 1. · Liberty as an Indian princess. Type 2 (small head) · Type 3 (large head) · Type 1 · Types 2 and 3
Design date
1849 · 1854 · 1856
Design discontinued
1854 · 1856 · 1889
Designer
James B. Longacre · Peter Filatreu Cross
Diameter
For Type 1, 12.7 mm. For Types 2 and 3, 14.3 mm (For Type 1, .500 inch. For types 2 and 3, .563 in)

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Background

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Preparation

Original design

Modifications

War years

Final years, abolition, and collecting

Gold Sacagawea dollar

Commemorative gold dollars

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Gold dollar

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Edges107
Triples250
Avg. degree1.98
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Gold dollar

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related to Bibliography · 48
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related to Modifications · 30
Gold dollar → According, All, Approximately, As, Beginning, Bowers, By, California, Charlotte, Closed Wreath, Congress, Dahlonega, Georgia, Liberty's, Longacre, Longacre's, Longacre's Engraving Department, May, Mint, Mintmarked
related to War years · 28
Gold dollar → Alabama, America, American Civil War, Brown, Confederacy, Confederate, Confederate States, Dahlonega, December, Georgia, Gold, Governor Joseph, Instead, January, May, Montgomery, Normally, Only, Philadelphia, Records
related to Inception · 24
Gold dollar → American, California Gold Rush, Colombian, Committee, Director Patterson, Even, Gobrecht's, He, In January, Iver McKay, James, Longacre, McKay, McKay's, Means, Nevertheless, North Carolina Representative James, Patterson, Spanish, Spencer
related to Final years, abolition, and collecting · 21
Gold dollar → Accordingly, Another, Banks, China, Collecting, Congress, In, Japan, Mint, Mint's, Nevertheless, Once, Philadelphia, Proof, Since, The, The Mint, They, This, United States
related to Design of Type 2 and 3 dollars · 20
Gold dollar → Art, Cornelius Vermeule, Crouching Venus, Flying Eagle, For, Indian, Liberty, Longacre, Native American, North, Philadelphia, Prince, South, The, The Type, This, Types, Venus Accroupie, Wales, Western
related to Original design · 17
Gold dollar → Charlotte Mint, Coin, Contemporary, David Bowers, Her, Liberty, May, Oberon, Puck, The, The New York Weekly, The North Carolina Standard, The Type, Titania, Tribune, Type, Willis' Bank Note List
related to Preparation · 16
Gold dollar → According, Accordingly, Calhoun, Chief Coiner Franklin Peale, Chief Engraver James, Director Patterson, Gobrecht, Longacre, Mint, Patterson, Peale, Philadelphia Mint, South Carolina Senator John, The, The Mint Director, When Longacre
related to background · 14
Gold dollar → Additional, August Bechtler, Bechtler, Christopher Bechtler, Christopher's, Congress, Georgia, Hamilton's, In, Much, North Carolina, Secretary, Treasury Alexander Hamilton, United States
Design · 5
Gold dollar → Liberty as an Indian princess. Type 2 (small head), Liberty wearing a coronet. Type 1., Type 1, Type 3 (large head), Types 2 and 3

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gold dollar coins mint coin struck longacre dollars type design silver james new philadelphia states 1849 liberty would piece small

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Gold dollarComposition90% gold, 10% copper1.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignLiberty wearing a coronet. Type 1.1.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignLiberty as an Indian princess. Type 2 (small head)1.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignType 3 (large head)1.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignType 11.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignTypes 2 and 31.00infobox
Gold dollarDesign date18491.00infobox
Gold dollarDesign date18541.00infobox
Gold dollarDesign date18561.00infobox
Gold dollarDesign discontinued18541.00infobox
Gold dollarDesign discontinued18561.00infobox
Gold dollarDesign discontinued18891.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignerJames B. Longacre1.00infobox
Gold dollarDesignerPeter Filatreu Cross1.00infobox
Gold dollarDiameterFor Type 1, 12.7 mm. For Types 2 and 3, 14.3 mm (For Type 1, .500 inch. For types 2 and 3, .563 in)1.00infobox
Gold dollarEdgeReeded1.00infobox
Gold dollarGold.04837 troy oz1.00infobox
Gold dollarMass1.672 g1.00infobox
Gold dollarMint marksC, D, O, S. Found immediately below the wreath on the reverse. Philadelphia Mint pieces lack mint mark.1.00infobox
Gold dollarValue1 United States dollar1.00infobox
Gold dollarYears of minting1849 (1849)–1889 (1889)1.00infobox

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