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

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

The official dollar coin that circulated in American hands from 1849 to 1854 was the Liberty Head Gold Coin. The US Mint would craft them containing .0483 Troy oz of gold, legal tender status and James B. Longacre’s design.

The $1 Liberty Coin experienced three design revamps. Type II, also known as the Indian Princess design, was an intricate image that presented errors and needed replacement.

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

Coin Highlights

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

• 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

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

Around her bust read “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” 

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

A PCGS AU-50 coin

PCGS - Professional Coin Grading Service is a third-party service that appraises and grades coins independently of sovereign mints, using the Sheldon Grading Scale, which ranges from 1 to 70.

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 PCGS. However, they are randomly taken from our inventory at the time of shipping and may be of varied mintages.

Buy Random PCGS AU-50 $1 Liberty Head Gold Coin Type II at SD Bullion

Enrich your gold holdings with Pre-1933 gold coins.

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