The coin was minted in 2011, is made of brass, contains NO gold, and is worth one dollar.
James Garfield $1 Presidential Coin
1 cent. It's plated. The US has never made a gold penny.
Presidential dollars were first issued in 2007. You have a Sacajawea dollar. The golden color on the outside isn't gold. So it's only worth a dollar. If it was plated in real gold it's still only worth a dollar. Gold plating adds no value to coins. In fact it actually decreases the value in some.
Like all other current dollar coins it's just gold-COLOR, not real gold. It's made of brass and is only worth face value After all, even the most boneheaded government functionary wouldn't authorize a coin that would be worth 300 or 400 bucks and put it in circulation for a dollar.
The U.S. mints bullion pieces with artificial denominations of $5, $10, $20, and $50 but not $25. Your item is almost certainly something made by a private company, and may or may not be a gold piece. If it is gold it should be prominently marked with the amount in ounces and the "fineness" as a decimal; for ex. 0.999 or 0.850. Multiply the weight by the fineness, and then by $1000, to get a rough idea of its gold value. If it doesn't have those markings it's most likely a novelty item made of base metal and plated to look like gold, but a precious-metals specialist would have to test it to be certain.
James Garfield $1 Presidential Coin
The James Garfield dollar coin was minted in 2011, and is worth exactly one dollar.
It's worth exactly one dollar. 1881 is the year Garfield was President, while the coin itself was minted in 2011.
It's worth exactly one dollar (and it's made of brass, not gold).
assuming it was nickel plated after market, it would lose value for that reason.....
Plated coins are considered to be altered items with no extra numismatic value.
First of all, theres no such thing as "silver plated sterling". Sterling is 92.5% silver, anything plated is just plated. If the item is solid sterling silver, its metal value depends on the current price of silver - but it may be worth more as a collectible. If it's plated base metal it has very little value.
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The value of a chrome plated colt python with a 4 digit serial is $800.
It is only gold plated which adds no extra value. Since it is a gold plated coin it is considered altered and is worth face value.
If it has been copper plated, it's still just a dime.
It's only worth face value. It's made of brass and was issued as part of the Presidential Dollar series. Millions have been made so they're definitely not rare. The dates on the front indicate the years that Garfield served in office. The minting date (2011) is on the coin's edge.