If you got it in change, $1. Go ahead and spend it.
If the coin is uncirculated and in an original mint package or a plastic slab, it might sell for $1.25 or $1.50. A dealer will pay you face value, and any bank that has them in their vaults will sell them for $1 each.
Remember, there is no gold in a "golden" dollar. They're made of manganese-brass and contain about a dime's worth of metal.
If you think about it for a few seconds, even the most bone-headed government bureaucrat would not authorize minting a coin that would have hundreds of dollars of gold in it, and put it into circulation for a buck!
Question... Why does a 2013 1oz. American Gold Eagle, or a 2013 1oz. American Gold Buffalo have a $50.00 face value when today, September 22, 2013 gold is selling for over $1,300.00 an once? I agree with you on your point that this 2001 $1 coin has no gold content in the coin, and if this was the worst thing that our bone-headed government bureaucrats did, we would all be in much better shape today!
The coin is a Sacagawea dollar, it has no gold and is worth $1.00
The coin is a Sacagawea dollar, it has no gold and is worth $1.00
It's not made of gold, and it's worth one dollar.
It's worth one dollar.
It's still worth a dollar.
The coin is a Sacagawea dollar, it has no gold and is worth $1.00
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One dollar, and the coin contains no gold.
It's made of brass, not gold, and is worth one dollar.
A Canadian $20.00 gold coin is worth around $400.00
The coin is a Sacagawea dollar, it has no gold and is worth $1.00
It's not made of gold, and it's worth one dollar.
It's worth one dollar.
It is still worth 1 dollar
It's still worth a dollar.
That's Sacagawea, not Pocahontas, and the coin is worth one dollar.
I hope you know the coin is not gold, just gold colored. Unless it's a proof coin it's only worth a dollar.