July 5, 2009 With a mintage of 7707 coins the 1881 Gold Dollar is scarce. Values for it range from $220 for a well worn specimen to about $400 for a lower grade uncirculated piece. In higher grades of uncirculated this coin can see values of $14,000
The going price for a 1881 $10 gold liberty head coin is about $600; but that can vary considerably depending on its condition.
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It's worth exactly one dollar. 1881 is the year Garfield was President, while the coin itself was minted in 2011.
The 1881 gold dollar weighs 1.7 grams and contains 90% gold. If the coin is a little bigger than a quarter with an image of James Garfield on one side and the Statue of Liberty on the other, then it's a modern Presidential dollar and contains no gold.
Your coin is a Sacagawea dollar, Very common. It's made of brass and has no gold in it at all.
I think you're confusing the coin with the modern "eagle" pieces that are minted for collectors and carry artificial denominations. In the 19th century gold coins were made for use in ordinary commerce and an "eagle" was a specific denomination, ten dollars.
A "Double Eagle" coin is any US $20.00 gold coin, no other coin. Ten dollar gold coins are Eagles, Five dollar are Half Eagles and Two and a half dollar are Quarter Eagles.
The going price for a 1881 $10 gold liberty head coin is about $600; but that can vary considerably depending on its condition.
Please provide to me the coin's denomination and its mint state (condition) and then I will be able to relay to you its value.
Click on the web link in the "RELATED LINKS" to see a photograph of the 1881 $10 gold coin.
It's worth exactly one dollar. 1881 is the year Garfield was President, while the coin itself was minted in 2011.
The 1881 gold dollar weighs 1.7 grams and contains 90% gold. If the coin is a little bigger than a quarter with an image of James Garfield on one side and the Statue of Liberty on the other, then it's a modern Presidential dollar and contains no gold.
Your coin is a Sacagawea dollar, Very common. It's made of brass and has no gold in it at all.
On your browser type in "1881 5 dollar gold coin" click on images and then search, it well bring up a lot of pictures.
A Double Eagle is a $20.00 gold coin not a half dollar. Please look at the coin again and post a new question
$3000.00
No. The largest denomination of gold coin the US ever minted was the $20 double eagle (eagle being the term for a $10 coin).