{"id":10196,"date":"2011-12-23T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/?page_id=10196"},"modified":"2011-12-23T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T05:17:00","slug":"liberty_types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/liberty_types\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Liberty Gold Coins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Types of Liberty Gold Coins<\/h1>\n<p>On the current volatile state of gold and the inflation that has gripped the economy, veteran precious metal expert, Barry Stuppler has released a report entitled &lsquo;&ldquo;Is Hyperinflation the US Government&#8217;s Only Way Out?&#8217; In the report, Stuppler has stated, &ldquo;One way to survive and even profit from hyperinflation is with ownership of gold coins dated before 1934 with numismatic value.  If the US returns to a gold standard it would lead to a freeze on the value of gold bullion coins as the government would set an official price at which we would buy or sell gold. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\">Gold coins<\/a> with a numismatic value could continue to appreciate in price, and if the government repeats the type of gold confiscation we faced in 1933 then investment-quality gold coins would continue to be legal and freely traded &mdash; the only game in town.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>One  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/types_gold_coins.asp\">type of gold coin<\/a> has been the subject of much speculation, debate and controversy and these are the Liberty gold coins. Collectors sometimes seek the set of these coins which comprises  the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Four Piece Liberty Gold Coin Set<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To own the entire series is the aim of many a collector as it is valued at much higher than the individual coins put together. Numismatics are collected not just for trading purposes but also because they represent a unique part of American history.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Quarter Eagle: With the face value of $2.50, these coins were minted during 1840-1907. The weight of this coin is 0.1343 troy oz. and the diameter is 18 mm. It was minted at Philadelphia, Dahlogena, San Francisco, Charlotte and New Orleans. The obverse is a depiction of lady liberty surrounded by 13 stars and the reverse is an eagle surrounded by the words, &ldquo;United States of America&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Half Eagle: This coin was minted for the longest period of time in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/types_gold_coins.asp\">US Mint<\/a> history, that is, from 1839 to 1908. During this period, two variations were made available, the first of which did not contain the motto, &lsquo;In God we Trust&#8217; which was added to the second variation 1866 onwards. The denomination of this coin was set at $5.<\/p>\n<p>\n             Liberty Eagles: With a face value of $10, these coins were minted from 1838 to 1907. The design is very similar to the half eagle and the same variations also applied to this denomination, i.e. the motto &lsquo;In God we Trust&#8217; was added to it in 1866. The reverse however is an eagle with an olive branch and some arrows in its talons, which is surrounded by &lsquo;United States of America.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Double Eagle: Minted from 1849, this is the largest denomination of the liberty coins with a face value of 20 dollars. Before the advent of the Double Eagle, it was cumbersome to manage large payments with the largest denomination only ten dollars at the time; hence the congress passed a bill in February 1849 to mint the double eagle gold coins. Durring the life of the $20 Double Eagle there have been two main variations:<\/p>\n<p>&bull;\tLiberty Head: This was minted during 1850-1907. The coin was designed by James Longacre, and the main feature of this design was similar to the $10, $5, and $2.50 Liberty design.<\/p>\n<p>&bull;\tSaint-Gaudens: Named after its designer, the second variety of the Double Eagle is one of the most beautiful coins in US history. The obverse features a Greek interpretation of the standing figure of Lady Liberty. <\/p>\n<p>Only approximately 5% of the Liberty gold coins were able to survive the Gold Recall Order of 1933, issued by President Franklin Roosevelt. This makes owning one today a matter of even greater pride as it is unique and rare in its historical significance. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the current volatile state of gold and the inflation that has gripped the economy, veteran precious metal expert, Barry Stuppler has released a report entitled ??Is Hyperinflation the US Government?s Only Way Out??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207],"tags":[139,227,465,818,819,820,821,822,823],"class_list":["post-10196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-archive","tag-liberty-gold-coins","tag-gold-inflation","tag-types-of-liberty-gold-coins","tag-liberty-gold","tag-gold-economy","tag-gold-precious-metal","tag-gold-hyperinflation","tag-gold-us-government"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}