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Selling gold coins is easy, but the process of how to sell or where to sell it is always a problem. If you sell your gold coins today at Nevada Coin Mart, you will have a free verbal appraisal and evaluation! Nevada Coin Mart uses an X-Ray Spectrometer that tells the exact amount of gold in your coin before it is weighed and paid according to gold’s spot value.

Gold Coins We Buy

Gold Dollar Coins

  • Type One Gold Dollar, 1849-1854
  • Type Two Gold Dollar, 1854-1856
  • Type Three Gold Dollar, 1856-1889
  • Three Dollars, 1854-1889
  • Four Dollars (Stella), 1879-1880

American Gold Quarter Eagles

  • Capped Bust Right No Stars Obverse Quarter Eagle, 1796
  • Capped Bust Right With Stars Quarter Eagle, 1796-1807
  • Capped Bust Left Quarter Eagle, 1808 only
  • Capped Head Left Large Size Quarter Eagle, 1821-1827
  • Capped Head Left Reduced Size Quarter Eagle, 1829-1834
  • Classic Head Quarter Eagle, 1834-1838
  • Liberty Head Quarter Eagle, 1840-1907
  • Indian Head Quarter Eagle, 1908-1929

American Gold Half Eagles

  • Capped Bust Right Half Eagle, Small Eagle Reverse, 1795-1798
  • Capped Bust Right Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse, 1795-1807
  • Capped Bust Left Half Eagle, 1807-1812
  • Capped Head Left Large Size Half Eagle, 1813-1829
  • Capped Head Left Small Size Half Eagle, 1829-1834
  • Classic Head Half Eagle, 1834-1839
  • Liberty Head No Motto (Obverse Mintmark) Half Eagle, 1839 only
  • Liberty Head No Motto (Reverse Mintmark) Half Eagle, 1839-1866
  • Liberty Head With Motto Half Eagle, 1866-1908
  • Indian Head Half Eagle, 1908-1929

American Gold Eagles

  • Capped Bust Right Small Eagle Ten Dollars, 1795-1797
  • Capped Bust Right Large Eagle Ten Dollars, 1797-1804

Liberty Head Gold Coins

  • Liberty Head No Motto Covered Ear Eagle, 1838-1839
  • Liberty Head No Motto Eagle, 1839-1866
  • Liberty Head With Motto Eagle, 1866-1907
  • Liberty Head Double Eagle Type One, 1850-1866
  • Liberty Head Double Eagle Type Two, 1866-1876
  • Liberty Head Double Eagle Type Three, 1877-1907

Indian Head Gold Coins

  • Indian Head No Motto Eagle, 1907-1908
  • Indian Head With Motto Eagle, 1908-1933

Saint-Gaudens Gold Coins

  • St. Gaudens Double Eagle High Relief, 1907
  • St. Gaudens Double Eagle No Motto, 1907-1908
  • St. Gaudens Double Eagle With Motto, 1908-1933

Background of Gold Coins

Gold is the ultimate coining material for as long as anyone can remember. The American Gold Eagles, for example, has been circulating for more than three centuries ago. It remained at 22-karat, which makes it the favorite for gold coin buyers.

Even with rarer, cheaper and, more common materials available, gold has always been the top among these other precious metals. 

History of Gold in Coinage

During the American colonial period, people used different kinds of commodity money to deal with the natives. But when dealing with foreign merchants, the hard coin was necessary, and this became a challenge since America only exchanged precious metals depending on the region or local economy’s preference. Since foreign currencies were circulated rampantly, the leaders had to demonetize this.

To authorize the production of gold coins in America, lawmakers passed the Coinage Act of 1792. The law mandated the weight of three coin denominations, namely the quarter eagle ($2.50), the half eagle ($5), which was the first released in 1795, and the eagle ($10). The government applied different designs to these circulating coins until they settled with the Liberty Head.

Gold one-dollar coins were first released in 1849, followed by the $3 coin in 1854.

In 1892, the United States started to issue the ‘Not Intended for Circulation (NIFC)’ commemorative coins, and gold coins became a part.

Due to the increasing coin demand that made the government decide to go for the cheaper coin materials, gold coins became limited to commemorative coinage intended for the collector market, which the US mint can freely issue.

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