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Centennial Gold and Silver Coins
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Gold dollar coins (1849–1889)
The
gold dollar was a United States
dollar coin produced from 1849 to 1889. Composed of
90% pure gold, it was the smallest denomination of
gold currency ever produced by the United States
federal government. When the US system of coinage
was originally designed there had been no plans for
a gold dollar coin, but in the late 1840s, two gold
rushes later, Congress was looking to expand the use
of gold in the country’s currency.[1][2] The gold
dollar was authorized by the Act of March 3, 1849,
and the Liberty Head type began circulating soon
afterward. Because of the high value of gold, the
gold dollar is the smallest coin in the history of
US coinage.
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