Liberty Gold Coin
Pricing for bullion coins typically depends on the market price of the metal. Visit the Bullion Dealer Locator to locate a dealer – bullion coins are not sold directly by the U.S. Pricing for precious metal numismatic products (e.g., palladium, platinum, 24-k gold, 22-k gold. The $20.00 Liberty Gold, Type III (1877-1907), or double eagle coin was produced in large quantities during the late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century as backing for the U.S. A Liberty Coin, known as a Liberty Head Gold Coin - or an Eagle, is the longest-running coin design in the United States. They were produced between 1838 to 1908 by the U.S. These coins predominantly feature Lady Liberty on the obverse and an eagle with a shield on the reverse. Because of its historical significance, the Liberty Gold coin is valued higher than most modern 1/2 oz Gold coins. Design of the Gold Liberty Eagle The design of the Gold Liberty Eagle was inspired from two sources: the 1816 Coronet-type Large Cent for the obverse and the American eagle for the reverse. The obverse features Lady Liberty encircled by 13 small stars with the date below. Produced for more than 50 years, the $20 Liberty gold coin is one that had an extremely high face value for its day. At the time, the coin’s face value more closely coincided with the spot price of gold, but now the inherent value of these coins in gold is far greater than ever before. If you combine this with the fact that these are not the easiest coins to acquire than you have yourself a great collector’s item.
Liberty Gold Coin Jewelry
Liberty Gold Coin 2000
The Liberty Double Eagle is one of the most popular American gold coins to collect. The coins were issued for circulation from 1850 to 1907 and represent the largest regular issue US coin in denomination and gold value. The twenty dollar gold coins were introduced following the discovery of vast amounts of gold in California. Previously, the highest denomination coin had been the eagle, with a value of ten dollars.
The Liberty Double Eagle was designed by James B. Longacre. The obverse of the coin features the head of Liberty. She appears wearing a Coronet containing the word “Liberty.” Her hair is pulled back and bound with some tresses falling behind her neck. Thirteen stars appear surrounding with the date below. The reverse of the coin features a heraldic eagle holding a double scroll containing the words “E Pluribus Unum”. The words “United States of America” appears above with “Twenty D.” or “Twenty Dollars” below. The motto “In God We Trust” was added above the eagle in 1866.
$20 Liberty Gold Coin
As the other gold coins struck in the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century, the Liberty Double Eagle was struck on planchets of a gold and copper composition. These consist of 90% gold and 10% copper, with a weight of 33.4 grams (516 grains) and a diameter of 34 millimeter with a reeded edge. Examples were struck at the Philadelphia Mint (no Mintmark), Carson City (CC) Denver (D) and San Francisco (S) Mints.
Liberty Gold Coin Value
During the course of the series, a total of 143 different issues were minted, along with a small number of collected varieties. Because of this immense number and the rarity of many individual issues, few collectors choose to assemble a complete set of Liberty Double Eagles by date and mintmark. Very few collectors have completed, or even nearly-so, a full set of these impressive gold coins, and they have been unquestionably ranked among the most famous coin collectors of all time.