gold. to be more specific, Au U.S. circulating gold coins contained 10% copper because gold is too soft by itself to stand up to normal wear. Modern bullion coins are nearly pure gold, either 99.9% or 99.99%. These don't circulate and are kept in special packages so there's no need to harden them.
Please check the coin again, Susan B. Anthony first appered on the 1979 one dollar coin, with a date of 1924 the coin is a Peace dollar and they were never struck in gold. The last year a gold US one dollar coin was made was 1889.
A coin collector is going to buy my coin , I want to know what the value of this coin, it is a 1953 gold coin ,50 franks
Gold was then, as it is now; valuable. You could buy more with a gold coin than you could with a copper coin.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold coin weighed 1.672 grams and consisted of 90% gold and 10% copper. This means there is 1.5048 grams of gold in the coin or 0.04837 troy ounces.
"The Santa Barbara gold coin" is not enough information for us to know exactly what you're asking about.
It's not a US coin. The Mint has never made a $100.00 gold coin.
If the coin is actually made from gold, it will be worth whatever the gold content is worth. If it is a coin of gold appearance, it will maybe be worth whatever you paid for it.
No, the last 1 dollar gold coin was made in 1889.
Depends on what the coin is made out of. The coin has absolutely no collector value because it wasn't made by the US Mint. Any value comes from the material the coin was made out of. If the coin was gold plated, it would be worth a couple cents at most. If the coin was solid gold, it would be worth the value of the gold, but no more.
None of the Presidential dollars are made of gold, no US circulating coin is gold, it's just a one dollar coin.
it was made out of some of the first gold found in the county
A gold bar, also called gold bullion or a gold ingot, is a quantity of refined metallic gold of any shape that is made by a bar producer meeting standard conditions of manufacture, labeling, and record keeping. A gold coin is a coin that is made mostly or entirely of gold. Traditionally, gold coins have been circulation coins, including coin-like bracteates and dinars.
This depends on what the coin is made of. If it is made of silver or gold it will be worth more than if it was made of copper or zinc.
It's just a dollar coin with no gold in it and is in circulation today.The gold color is from the metal it's made from.
Yes a coin could be struck in 10k gold, but the U.S. has never made one.
It's not gold. The coin is made from brass and is only a dollar, just spend it.
The US never made $2.00 gold coins. Please look at the coin again