1849-1854 Liberty Gold Dollars
The mintages for the Liberty Head Gold Dollars varied widely from mint to mint and from year to year. Generally, the highest production took place at the Philadelphia Mint, often reaching millions of pieces per year, followed by the New Orleans Mint, with usually a few hundred thousand coins struck per year. The lowest production […]
The Liberty Gold Dollars were struck on planchets of 90% gold and 10% copper. With a diameter of just 13 mm, these coins represent the smallest regular coins ever produced by the United States Mint. The coins have a weight of 1.672 grams (25.8 grains) and a reeded edge. Coins of the series were struck […]
The California gold rush was the primary reason for the introduction of the gold dollar, but an official United States Mint facility did not open in San Francisco until 1854. Production that year would focus exclusively on gold coins. From total coin production of 364,866 pieces, only 14,632 were gold dollars which were desperately need […]
The 1854-D Liberty Gold Dollar (Buy on eBay) has the lowest mintage of the series with only 2,935 coins struck at the Dahlonega Mint. The issue is considered rare in any grade and represents a major rarity in choice uncirculated condition or higher. Most pieces encountered in the marketplace exhibit various problems, including weak strikes, […]
The 1849-C “Open Wreath” Liberty Gold Dollar (Buy on eBay) ranks as the rarest of all gold dollars, the rarest coin ever produced by the Charlotte Mint, and among the rarest of all United States gold coins. Although the total mintage is unknown, only five specimens are known to exist. During the first year that […]