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Liberty Head Gold Dollar: A small coin check the type

A tiny gold dollar can carry a large identification question. Confirm the Type One Liberty Head design; eighteen fifty-four also appears on the next gold-dollar type. This calculator profile uses 0.04837 fine troy ounce of gold per coin. Contained metal value is separate from collector value.

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  1. A tiny gold dollar can carry a large identification question. Confirm the Type One Liberty Head design; eighteen fifty-four also appears on the next gold-dollar type.
  2. This profile contains zero point zero four eight three seven fine troy ounce of gold per coin.
  3. Ten matching coins contain zero point four eight three seven fine troy ounces. Multiply that total by the current gold spot price.
  4. Purity is already included. The exact issue and condition still matter for collector value.
  5. Choose the exact coin at NumisTrends dot net.

Photographs resized and cropped for display; coin details are not retouched. Jaclyn Nash, National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution · Public domain. Jaclyn Nash, National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution · Public domain (PD-US-SI) · License.

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