United States 1853 gold dollar
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Gold dollars were issued 1849-89, with type I (shown here) minted 1849-54. Estimated MS population 15,000-20,000, est. circ population 70,000-110,000 (citation needed--ed.). The most common Gold Dollar. Easily available but scarce MS65 and above. Usually sharply struck but may show clashmarks or die cracks.
Recorded mintage: 4,076,051.
Specification: 1.672 g, 0.900 fine gold, .048 troy oz AGW, 130 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 73.
- Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
- Harper, David C., ed., North American Coins & Prices: A Guide to U. S., Canadian and Mexican Coins, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
- Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
Link to:
- 1853 half cent
- 1853 cent
- 1853 half dime, with arrows
- 1853 dime, with arrows
- 1853 quarter, with arrows and rays
- 1853 half dollar, with arrows and rays
- 1853-O gold dollar
- 1853 2½ dollars
- 1853-D 2½ dollars
- 1853-C 5 dollars
- 1853-O 10 dollars
- 1853-O 20 dollars
- 1855 gold dollar
- return to United States Liberty Head Gold Dollars (1849-1854)
- Coins and currency dated 1853