{"id":228,"date":"2010-04-07T17:25:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T00:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldcoinsrare.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2010-04-07T17:25:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T00:25:52","slug":"types-of-us-mint-gold-coins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/types-of-us-mint-gold-coins\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of US Mint Gold Coins"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people talk about types of gold coins<\/a>, the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153type\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can have a wide range of meanings. It may mean a U.S. coin or a foreign gold<\/a> coin, or a rare gold coin <\/a>versus a bullion<\/a> coin. Or they may be talking about the specific design of a coin.<\/p>\n

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\nThe broadest meaning of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153types of gold coins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d may be coins minted by the United States government or coins minted by foreign governments. Thanks to the size and depth of the U.S. market, the gold coins minted by the U.S. government are by far the most popular \u00e2\u20ac\u0153types\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of collector and investor coins in the world. Our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pre-1933 gold coins<\/a>, which were recalled and melted in the mid-1930s, are in great demand from domestic and international collectors and investors. Likewise, our government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s high-mintage post-1985 American Eagle<\/a> gold bullion coins are the most popular gold bullion coins in the world.<\/p>\n

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\nMore On Each Individual Gold Coin<\/strong>
\n1.\u00c2\u00a0Liberty $20 Gold Coin
\n<\/a>2.\u00c2\u00a0St. Gaudens $20 Gold Coin<\/a>
\n3.\u00c2\u00a0Eight Piece Gold Set
\n<\/a>4.\u00c2\u00a0American Eagle Gold Bullion<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nCollecting by Type
\n<\/strong>Collectors may organize their coins by Type, which in this case means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153design.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That means they seek to build a collection with one representative example (or more) of each design in their series. For example, if they collect U.S. $20 gold coins, they may have a basic collection of two coins: one representing the Liberty<\/a> Head series minted from 1849 to 1907 and one coin from the Saint Gaudens<\/a> Type minted from 1907 to 1933.
\nAn advanced collection of $20 gold coins might also own all five Type coins representing the design changes within the series. This Type Set of U.S. $20 gold coins would include examples of the following five designs:<\/p>\n

Liberty Head\u00c2\u00a0Type I\u00c2\u00a0Without \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In God We Trust\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a01849-1866
\nLiberty Head\u00c2\u00a0Type II\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In God We Trust\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on reverse\u00c2\u00a01866-1876
\nLiberty Head\u00c2\u00a0Type III\u00c2\u00a0Value expressed as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Twenty Dollars\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a01877-1907
\nSt. Gaudens\u00c2\u00a0Type I\u00c2\u00a0Without \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In God We Trust,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a01907-1908
\nSt. Gaudens\u00c2\u00a0Type II\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In God We Trust\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on reverse\u00c2\u00a01908-1933<\/p>\n

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\nAnother kind of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Type\u00e2\u20ac\u009d collection is composed of multiple denominations. A Type collector who is focused on U.S. gold coins might start with one representative coin of each of the following basic denominations: $1, $2.50, $5, $10, and $20. He might then expand the number of designs (Types) to include two examples of each denomination. The Liberty Head design was used on all of our gold coins in the second half of the 19th century and into the first decade of the 20th century. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when newly elected President Theodore \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Teddy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Roosevelt ordered the designs of our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gold coins to be updated. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why Type collectors now seek the Indian Head $2.50 and $5 and $10 gold coins, as well as the Striding Liberty<\/a> $20 coins struck from 1907 or 1908 into the late-1920s or early 1930s.
\nA more advanced collector of U.S. Type gold would also add examples of the $1 (which had three distinct Types) and $3 gold coins. Unlike most other denominations in the U.S. gold coins series, the design of our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $3 coins was unchanged throughout the 1854-1889 series.<\/p>\n

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\nThere are many types of gold coins: U.S, foreign, rare, and bullion<\/a>. There are even Types of gold coins within each denomination. Because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re made of gold, all types of gold coins <\/a>are highly desirable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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