The Dahlonega Mint did a fairly decent job when they made the 1849-D gold dollars … This one is graded MS-62.
But they lost the touch in 1850. The 1850-D gold dollars are probably the worst Type I coins they produced. This piece is graded EF-45, and that really is a fair grade for it. Most of the hair detail was never there.
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@BillJones I love them both, the 49 is superb! The 1850, although soft, has a ton of character and I especially like it's look for an XF45. Terrific examples!
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So weird to think that gold was once used to represent a dollar in coin form. Can you imagine how small a gold dollar coin would have to be in 2019? Heck, a silver $1 coin would have to be the size of one of the old 19th century US gold dollar coins to represent the current value of silver. A current gold dollar coin would likely need to be 1/80th of that size ($1,286 gold and $15.76 silver spot) at today's prices. Maybe the size of the head of a small nail?
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So weird to think that gold was once used to represent a dollar in coin form. Can you imagine how small a gold dollar coin would have to be in 2019? Heck, a silver $1 coin would have to be the size of one of the old 19th century US gold dollar coins to represent the current value of silver. A current gold dollar coin would likely need to be 1/80th of that size ($1,286 gold and $15.76 silver spot) at today's prices. Maybe the size of the head of a small nail?
Interesting to think about . You could keep them in something like a tiny Pez dispenser.
The first gold dollar was a standard set forth in the Coinage Act of 1792. Although there were proposals for a physical one dollar gold coin in 1792, it was not included in the final legislation.
Here is the first one dollar gold coin, the 1836 pattern piece. This coin was the brain child of treasurer Levi Woodbury. Mint Director Patterson made under protest because he thought that small gold coins like this cast a bad reflection upon the nations that issued them. For him they were the mark of “banana republic” (putting it in modern terms) that didn’t amount to much.
This is the most common U.S. pattern in gold. It was restruck on a number of occasions, and unlike its sister coins, the Gobrecht Dollars, there is no way to differentiate the original coins from the restrikes.
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@BillJones said:
The first gold dollar was a standard set forth in the Coinage Act of 1792. Although there were proposals for a physical one dollar gold coin in 1792, it was not included in the final legislation.
Here is the first one dollar gold coin, the 1836 pattern piece. This coin was the brain child of treasurer Levi Woodbury. Mint Director Patterson made under protest because he thought that small gold coins like this cast a bad reflection upon the nations that issued them. For him they were the mark of “banana republic” (putting it in modern terms) that didn’t amount to much.
This is the most common U.S. pattern in gold. It was restruck on a number of occasions, and unlike its sister coins, the Gobrecht Dollars, there is no way to differentiate the original coins from the restrikes.
Here is crude one that did what coins are supposed to do. Fans of old gold that is the yellow-green color people look for. That is text book skin esp for the southern mints depending on the year of course.
Actually, it's twenty gold dollars all wrapped up in one coin.
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The label shows the wrong denomination. It should be $2 1/2. Too easy.
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I never put my type 2 in the thread:
Still loving this coin!
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This one will go to a lucky home next week
Nice coins here. Love the C+D's.
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That's cool!
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The Dahlonega Mint did a fairly decent job when they made the 1849-D gold dollars … This one is graded MS-62.
But they lost the touch in 1850. The 1850-D gold dollars are probably the worst Type I coins they produced. This piece is graded EF-45, and that really is a fair grade for it. Most of the hair detail was never there.
@BillJones I love them both, the 49 is superb! The 1850, although soft, has a ton of character and I especially like it's look for an XF45. Terrific examples!
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small obv. planchet flaw around 2:00. AU58.
Here are my Type I, II and III dollar coins.
Indian Head $10 Gold Date Set Album
skier07---That's a type III gold dollar.
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My bad. The older I get the more confused I become.
I've done a lot of things wrong in my collecting, but I feel like this is one place I did OK!
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
So weird to think that gold was once used to represent a dollar in coin form. Can you imagine how small a gold dollar coin would have to be in 2019? Heck, a silver $1 coin would have to be the size of one of the old 19th century US gold dollar coins to represent the current value of silver. A current gold dollar coin would likely need to be 1/80th of that size ($1,286 gold and $15.76 silver spot) at today's prices. Maybe the size of the head of a small nail?
Indian Head $10 Gold Date Set Album
Interesting to think about . You could keep them in something like a tiny Pez dispenser.
Here is the lowest mintage date, 400.
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I want a TYPE ONE in proof.
Mint error Partial collar
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
The first gold dollar was a standard set forth in the Coinage Act of 1792. Although there were proposals for a physical one dollar gold coin in 1792, it was not included in the final legislation.
Here is the first one dollar gold coin, the 1836 pattern piece. This coin was the brain child of treasurer Levi Woodbury. Mint Director Patterson made under protest because he thought that small gold coins like this cast a bad reflection upon the nations that issued them. For him they were the mark of “banana republic” (putting it in modern terms) that didn’t amount to much.
This is the most common U.S. pattern in gold. It was restruck on a number of occasions, and unlike its sister coins, the Gobrecht Dollars, there is no way to differentiate the original coins from the restrikes.
"Levi Woodbury" doesn't SOUND Mexican.
I wish they were 1875s but hasn't come true yet.
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THAT"S NOT A GOLD DOLLAR!!!!
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Here is crude one that did what coins are supposed to do. Fans of old gold that is the yellow-green color people look for. That is text book skin esp for the southern mints depending on the year of course.
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Actually, it's twenty gold dollars all wrapped up in one coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I'll take a chance and ask why this doesn't look right. Sorry for the cell phone pics.
The label shows the wrong denomination. It should be $2 1/2. Too easy.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Right you are. I was going to send it back but decided to keep it as is.