Gold Dollars

Type 1 (1849-1854)


The smallest coin in U.S. history owes its existence to two of the biggest gold rushes. That coin is the gold dollar, a mere pipsqueak physically, but a giant in terms of history, rarity and value.

The groundwork was laid for this fascinating coin in the Carolinas and Georgia, where the nation’s first big gold rush took place in the early 1800s. That rush had a major impact on United States coinage, leading to the establishment of two branch mints in the region—in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in Dahlonega, Georgia—and a sharp boost in the number of gold coins being made by the federal government.

The first gold dollars made in the United States were privately minted issues produced about 1830 by a German immigrant named Alt Christoph Bechtler who operated a jewelry shop in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. Finding that gold dust and nuggets were the primary medium of exchange in the area, Be.... (Expand Text)

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1884 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR66 Cameo PCGS

GEM CAMEO! BRIGHT AND FLASHY. ONLY 1,006 STRUCK. CAC.
$16,500.00

1885 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR66+ Cameo CACG

GEM PROOF SURFACES WITH FROSTY CAMEO DEVICES. CAC.
$19,250.00

1885 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR67 Deep Cameo NGC

GEM ULTRA CAMEO SURFACES. ONLY TWO GRADED HIGHER AT NGC.
$26,500.00

1886 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR65 Cameo PCGS

GEM CAMEO PROOF. ONLY 1,016 STRUCK.
$10,450.00

1886 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR66 Cameo PCGS

GEM CAMEO WITH WATERY MIRRORED SURFACES.
$15,000.00

1887 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 MS68 PCGS

GEM SATINY THICK LUSTER. TIED FOR HIGHEST GRADED. CAC.
$25,850.00

1887 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR66+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP CAMEO PROOF SURFACES. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$27,500.00

1888 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 MS68 PCGS

GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 15,501 STRUCK. JUST A SINGLE COIN GRADED HIGHER. CAC.
$14,250.00

1888 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR65 Cameo PCGS

GEM PROOF CAMEO.
$10,450.00

1888 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR65+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM FLASHY DEEP-MIRRORED PROOF. JUST 7 HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$16,500.00

1888 GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP CAMEO PROOF. ONLY 1.079 STRUCK. TIED WITH ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
$35,750.00