Information about all type of US gold coins.
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The story of American gold coins begins
with gold itself. Gold was one of the first elements discovered
by Man, thanks to its distinctive, yellow color and metallic
luster. Gold is a relatively inert metal, meaning that natural
deposits enjoy a high level of purity. Gold is most commonly
found mixed with quartz as veins and crystals, although
other forms are known. Erosion of the earth creates what
are known as placer deposits, where gold is exposed and
concentrated in the form or dust, flakes, and nuggets.....More
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Gold has served as money or established the monetary value
of currencies longer than any other material. The use of
gold coins was widespread in Europe by the fourth century
B.C.
The earliest coins circulated in the United States were
foreign coins, mostly silver and gold, brought from Europe.
The Coinage Act in 1792 established an independent monetary
system with the dollar as the basic United States monetary
unit containing 24-3/4 grains of fine gold, based on the
world price of $19.39 a troy ounce (480 grains). Congress
changed the gold specification in 1834 and again in 1837,
when it set the dollar price of gold at $20.67 an ounce...More
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The Quarter Eagle was minted between 1796 and 1929. Early
quarter eagle coins from 1796 to 1834 are rare. They include
the 1796 Capped Bust to Right, no stars; the Capped Bust
to Right with stars of 1796-1807; the Capped Bust to Left,
large size of 1808; and the Capped Head to Left of 1821
to 1834. By 1834, the price of intrinsic gold had exceeded
the face value of the coins and most were melted for a profit.
In order to ameliorate this situation, the Mint issued the
Classic Head Quarter Eagle in 1834...More
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The three dollar gold piece was authorized by the Act of
February 21. 1853, First struck in 1854. the coin was never
popular with the general public and saw very little circulation.
Today, some numismatists theorize that the $3 denomination
would have been useful for purchasing postage stamps of
the day (with their face value of 3c) or for acquiring 100
silver three-cent pieces ("trimes"), which were
also in circulation at the time. These gold coins changed
hands in the East and Midwest until 1861...More
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These pattern coins (Gold Stella - Four Dollar Gold) were
first suggested by John A. Kasson, then U.S. envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary. It was
through the efforts of W.W. Hubbell, who patented the alloy
goloid (used in making another pattern piece, the goloid
metric dollar), that we have these beautiful and interesting
coins.
The four-dollar Stella-so called because of the five-pointed
star on the reverse-was envisioned by Kasson as America's
answer to various foreign gold coins...More
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The half eagle was the first gold coin actually struck
for the United States. The five-dollar piece was authorized
to be coined by the Act of April 2, 1792, and the first
type weighed 135 grains, .9167 fineness. The Act of June
28, 1834, changed the weight to 129 grains, .8992 fineness.
Fineness became .900 by the Act of January 18, 1837.
There are many varieties among the early dates, caused by
changes in the number of stars and style of eagle, by overdates,
and by differences in the size of figures in the dates...More
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Gold Eagles were minted from 1795 to 1804,
and then from 1838 to 1933. The gold eagles began with a
plump Liberty wearing a large cap, called Capped Bust to
Right, and, for the first three years, a scrawny eagle holding
a wreath in its mouth. Later in the third year, the reverse
was changed to a mistaken heraldic eagle. The 1838 gold
eagles corrected the heraldry errors and remained without
major modification until 1907. They used the familiar Coronet
or Liberty Head design and showed the denomination, TEN
D. The later years, from 1866 on, added a motto on a ribbon
above the eagle with the inscription IN GOD WE TRUST. The
final design of the gold eagles was the so called Indian
Head. The first issue 1907-08 had no motto. IN GOD WE TRUST
was added to the 1908 coin and continued thereafter...More
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LIBERTY HEAD DOUBLE EAGLE GOLD COINS (1849-1907)
Double Eagles - Aside from the World War I years, double
eagles were minted from 1850 (excluding the unique 1849
pattern) to 1933. Numismatists and collectors have always
been impressed with the double eagles because they contain
nearly an ounce of gold and also have a numismatic premium.
The first of the double eagles was designed by James B.
Longacre. It had no motto and the denomination written as
TWENTY D. The second of the double eagles added the motto
IN GOD WE TRUST to the slightly enlarge oval of stars on
the reverse. The third changed the denomination to TWENTY
DOLLARS. Longacre’s Liberty Head series ended in 1907...More
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SAINT-GAUDENS TWENTY DOLLARS OR DOUBLE EAGLE (1907-1933):
The High Relief Saint Gaudens Double Eagles have long been
considered America’s most beautiful coin; however, even
the low relief coins that Charles Barber modified have had
lasting beauty and appeal. The modern Gold American Eagle
bullion program uses a modification of the Saint-Gaudens
double eagle low relief design, and it is exceedingly popular
with investors as a replacement for the Union of South Africa
Krugerrand...More
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Gold and Gold Coins In The News -
Articles on Gold Coins
What
is gold?
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from the
Latin aurum, meaning shining dawn) and atomic number 79.
It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many
centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and
in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks,
underground “veins” and in alluvial deposits.
It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny
and the most malleable and ductile of the known metals.
Pure gold has a bright yellow color traditionally considered
attractive.....More
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Quarter
Eagle Gold Coins - Quarter Eagles
Three
Dollar Gold Coins
Four
Dollar Gold Coins or Gold Stella
Half
Eagle Gold Coins - Half Eagles
Double
Eagle Gold Coins - Double Eagles
