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The Liberty Head half eagle is the only coin of a single design to be minted at seven U.S. Mints: Philadelphia, Dahlonega, Charlotte, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City, and Denver. Scarcer dates and coins of higher grades can be worth much more, and all Charlotte, Carson City and Dahlonega pieces are scarce and valuable.
Original Face Value: $20. Record Sale: $3,600,000. For You: 10 Rare Coins Expected To Soar in Value in the Next Five Years. 1913 Liberty Head Nickel (Proof) Material Composition: Nickel (25% ...
Between 1838 and 1840, the silver content was reduced to zero—the eagle in 1838, half eagle in 1839, and quarter eagle in 1840, [6] — resulting in U.S. gold coins being 90% gold and 10% copper. Using only copper as the alloy in gold coins matched longstanding English practice (see crown gold ). [ 7 ]
The Indian Head gold pieces or Pratt-Bigelow gold coins were two separate coin series, identical in design, struck by the United States Mint: a two-and-a-half-dollar piece, or quarter eagle, and a five-dollar coin, or half eagle. The quarter eagle was struck from 1908 to 1915 and from 1925–1929.
Under the Mint Act of 1792, the largest-denomination coin was the gold eagle, or ten-dollar piece. [2] Also struck were a half eagle ($5) and quarter eagle ($2.50). [3] Bullion flowed out of the United States for economic reasons for much of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Half Eagle, a 1795 coin with a face value of two dollars; Coronet large cent, an 1816 coin with a face value of 0.01 dollars; Liberty Head double eagle, an 1850 coin with a face value of 20 dollars; Liberty Head nickel, an 1883 coin with a face value of 0.05 dollars; Standing Liberty quarter, a 1916 coin with a face value of 0.25 dollars
The 1849 Liberty Head design by James B. Longacre The 1907 high relief double eagle designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. A double eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. [1] (Its gold content of 0.9675 troy ounces [30.09 g] was worth $20 at the 1849 official price of $20.67/ozt.) The coins are 34 mm × 2 mm and are ...
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