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Why is a 1 dollar coin made of gold?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

If you are talking about the coins with presidents on the face and the Statue of Liberty on the back, they are not made out of gold they are made out of brass. If you are talking about the old 1 dollar coins from the 1800s, they were made out of gold because of the gold rushes and the US government was looking to expand the use of gold in its coins.

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14y ago

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