NGC AU-50 $1 Liberty Head Gold Coin Type II - Random Year

NGC AU-50 $1 Liberty Head Gold Coin Type II - Random Year

The Liberty Head Gold Coin served as the official dollar coin in the United States from 1849 to 1854, containing .0483 Troy oz of gold.

The coin’s design was signed by James B. Longacre, and over time, the $1 Liberty Coin experienced three design revisions. However, Type II, also known as the Indian Princess design due to Lady Liberty’s portrayal, is an intricate image that presented errors and needed replacement.

Today, SD Bullion offers $1 Liberty Head Gold Coins of Type II of varied mintage, randomly taken from our inventory depending on our availability, sealed and certified by NGC as AU-50 coins.

Coin Highlights

• Appraised, encapsulated, and graded as an AU-50 coin by NGC;

• Contains .0483 oz of actual gold content;

• Produced by the US Mint from 1849 to 1854;

• Pre-1933 American gold coin;

• The smallest gold dollar ever produced;

• Type II design;

• James B. Longacre’s Indian Princess design;

• Of varied mintages.

The Design

The obverse depicts Lady Liberty wearing a fanciful feathered headdress inscribed “LIBERTY.” It is inspired by the Venus Accroupie or Crouching Venus, a sculpture displayed at the Philadelphia Museum at the time.

Additional engravings read “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” around the bust. 

The reverse features the coin’s denomination and year of issuance surrounded by the “agricultural wheat,” which comprises cotton, corn, tobacco, and wheat.

An NGC AU-50 coin

NGC - Numismatic Guaranty Company is an independent third-party service that appraises coins and grades them from 1 to 70 based on their condition using the Sheldon Grading Scale.

AU-50 stands for Almost or About Uncirculated and describes a coin with slight wear on more than 50% of the design image and minor softness on high elements.

Random Year Purchase

SD Bullion ensures these coins are authentic $1 Liberty Head Gold Coins of Type II, graded as AU-50 coins by NGC. However, they are randomly taken from our inventory at the time of shipping and may be of varied mintages.

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