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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.
The Liberty Head double eagle or Coronet double eagle is an American twenty-dollar gold piece struck as a pattern coin in 1849, and for commerce from 1850 to 1907. It was designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver James B. Longacre .
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
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The owner of that Polish White Eagle Medal bought it at a garage sale for just 75 cents and sold it to Rick for a cool $6,000. Pretty cool story, but it didn't end there there. That same day, Rick ...