By 1850 all 4 Mints were striking these coins.īut 1854 became the last year of the Type 1 design and they were only struck at three mints that year. The US mint in Charlotte, NC, struck 11,634 coins, while the Mint in Dahlonega, GA mint struck 21,588 coins, and the Mint in New Orleans struck 215,000 coins.

Exact mintages of each variety are unknown, but neither is very rare. There were also 2 different varieties – a Close Wreath and an Open Wreath. In 1849, just under 700 thousand coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint, both with the designer’s initial “L” and without his initial. The reverse has the denomination “1 DOLLAR” and the DATE inside a wreath, with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” around. Longacre’s design had Miss Liberty facing left, wearing a crown with the word “LIBERTY” inscribed on it, surrounded by 13 six-pointed stars. The Gold Liberty Head Dollar was first struck in 1849. 100 Copper and it was the smallest coin the United States Mint had ever struck, having a diameter of only 13mm.

Like all US gold coins, the composition was. Longacre, created the designs for the first one-dollar gold coin. The Mint wound up striking three different designs of One Dollar gold coins. The US Mint realized that due to the discovery of gold in Sutter’s Mill in California in 1849, a smaller denomination coin was needed. $1.00 Liberty Head Gold (Types I, II, III)

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