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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. The Hayes dollar coin was minted in 2011, and is worth one dollar.
$1 coin circulated in 2011
The only US coin with Hayes on it has a face value of $1 and that is what it is worth. ( A coin dealer has to make a profit and he can't get them for less than a dollar, so he would charge more for one. )
The coin is not gold and unless you find someone that wants it, it's face value.
None of the "Presidential Dollars" are gold, it's brass. Only coins issued in Proof sets or Mint sets have more than face value. Coins issued for general circulation are just face value.
The mint mark on all modern presidential dollars is on the edge of the coin, along with the date and the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM.
2011, along with Andrew Johnson, Rutherford Hayes, and James Garfield.
Along with the 2011 Native American (Sacagawea) coin the Presidential dollars for 2011 will be Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes and James Garfield.
August 18, 2011 is the date of release for the Rutherford Hayes dollar coin. November 17, 2011 is the date for the James Garfield coin. You can expect new coins in the series towards the end of February and June next year.
Check that coin again. The Hayes dollar would have the dates 1877-1881 on it, as those are the years he was President. The coin itself was minted in 2011, and is worth one dollar. Coins dated 1776-1976 were bicentennial Washington quarters, Kennedy half dollars, and Eisenhower dollars.
The U.S. Mint has never made a half pound coin of any type. Take it to a jewler so it can be seen for value.
The value of a silver coin is always changing because the value of silver is always changing. See the related link below for a silver coin value calculator. This does not give the actual value of the coin but it does give the value of the metal used to make the coin. This is know as the melt value.