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Presidential golden dollars: lettered edge, brass, not gold
Presidential dollars (2007–2016) are the same manganese-brass $1 as Sacagawea. About 8.1 g. Lettered edge. Not a Gold Buffalo. Not an Ike.
Presidential dollars (2007–2016) show a president, Statue of Liberty on the reverse, and a lettered edge with the date and motto. They are gold-colored, not gold. Same manganese-brass / copper-core spec as a Sacagawea: about 8.1 g, 88.5% copper. Melt is copper plus a little nickel — a few cents. Golden dollars.
Edge
The date is on the edge, not the face. If someone “lost the date,” look at the rim lettering. Missing-edge-lettering pieces exist; they are collector errors, not gold.
What it is not
- Not a Sacagawea (different portrait; same metal).
- Not an Ike (Ikes are larger).
- Not a Gold Buffalo (~31 g, 1 oz gold).
- Not the tiny 1849–1889 gold $1.
Live melt: Presidential dollar. Identify: gold-colored vs real gold.