#Current us coinage series
While the US Mint no longer crafts dollar coins as part of their circulating currency, they did begin creating several styles of non-circulating US dollar coins for commemorative series in the early 2000s. The 2000s: The “Golden” Years of US Dollar Coins Anthony coins received a lukewarm reception and were minted for only two years (save for a brief return in 1999). Designed to celebrate the efforts of the accomplished suffragist, Susan B. The Eisenhower Dollar was minted until 1979, the same year that the “Susan B. Sold for $50 via Saucon Valley Auction Company (January 2017). Sold for $29,900, via Heritage Auctions (August 2006). Thanks to this composition, many of the millions of trade dollar coins minted were eventually melted down, leaving few available on the market today.Īn Eisenhower Dollar, 1977. Trade Dollar coins consisted of 90% silver and weighed 420 grains (a fact noted on these coins’ inscriptions), or approximately 1 ounce. Also popular was the “Trade Dollar” coin, which was minted in expectation of expanded international trade. One of the US silver dollar coin types created during this period that continues to compel collectors is the “Gobrecht” silver dollar coins (above), made briefly between 18, the Gobrecht silver dollar coin takes its name from designer Christian Gobrecht, whose name appears proudly in the coin’s design. On these coins, Liberty is perched on a rock and looks behind her as she grips her staff in her left hand and guards her shield, which rests on the ground to her right. The 1836 “Seated Liberty” coin presented a slight variation on the earlier US silver dollar versions. Sold for $31,000 via Stack’s Bowers Galleries (January 2006).
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