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US gold dollars: three tiny types
1849–1889. Type 1 Liberty, Type 2 Indian princess (small head), Type 3 (large head). About 0.048 oz of gold. Easy to lose. Easy to fake. Easy to mount as jewelry.
The United States made a gold dollar from 1849 to 1889. Three looks:
- Type 1 (1849–1854) — Liberty head, small coin.
- Type 2 (1854–1856) — Indian princess, smaller head, often weakly struck.
- Type 3 (1856–1889) — larger Indian princess head.
About 0.0484 troy oz of gold each. US gold types.
What a shop sees
Jewelry loops and solder. Holes. Bent coins. Type 2 weakness that is the mint, not a pocket. Fakes that are brass.
A problem-free type coin is a collected piece plus gold. A mounted one is jewelry math. Fake gold. Charlotte / Dahlonega gold dollars exist and are their own book.
Do not put it through the washer. Do not polish it. Don’t clean.
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