Dollar 20 Liberty Gold Coin Mintage

Its gold content of 0 9675 troy oz 30 0926 grams was worth 20 at the 1849 official price of 20 67 oz the coins are made from a 90 gold 0 900 fine 21 6 kt and 10 copper alloy and have a total weight of 1 0750 troy ounces 33 4362 grams.

Dollar 20 liberty gold coin mintage.

Gold coin mintages gold coin pics info. Gold coin of its time. 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. Buy gold coins silver coins and bullion at low prices with reliable service from age.

The coins struck at philadelphia do not carry a mint mark while the branch mint coins have a mint mark located on the reverse of the coin beneath the eagle. This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. 14 100 ms64 04 24 2013. Produced for more than 50 years the 20 liberty gold coin is one that had an extremely high face value for its day.

Liberty head 20 1850 1907. The liberty double eagles experienced a wide range of mintages during the course of the series. If the 1849 pattern is considered the lowest mintage drops to just 1 although there are rumors that a second example may exist. Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts.

A double eagle is a gold coin of the united states with a denomination of 20. The mintage low for a regular circulation issue of the series was the 1882 double eagle a mere 571 coins produced. Permission was granted in 1849 and the 20 gold piece entered circulation in 1850. It was designed by mint of the united states chief engraver james b.

Liberty seated quarters mintage the liberty seated quarter was issued for a lengthy period of 53 years which would only be surpassed by the modern washington type issued half a century later. Get gold price news u s. Coin article database photograde million dollar coin club comparative mintage charts history of the us mint auction survey. Double eagle coins hold the highest gold content of any regularly issued u s.

The california gold rush of 1848 prompted congress to authorize the mintage of the 20 dollar coin. The lowest mintage of this series occurs with the 1875 liberty gold eagle with just 100 circulation strikes and 20 proof coins minted. The original liberty design was minted for more than 50 years. Pcgs ms64 view more images.

At the time the coin s face value more closely coincided with the spot price of gold but now the inherent value of these coins in gold is far greater than ever before. 1883 s coronet head gold 20 double eagle. 90 gold 10 copper.