Regular Issue Gold Coins

    of the

    United States of America

    The first step to identifying your regular issue gold coin is to determine the denomination of the coin. It is usually (but not always) written on the coin. Once you know the denomination, follow the link to the types for that denomination. The following tables alone will be sufficient to identify 95% of all types because there is typically only one type per year. You can double check by looking at the image links.

    When you are finished identifying your coin, we invite you to visit our price list page. There you can find our outstanding price offers for coins by type. Of course, your coin may be worth substantially more due to date/mint mark rarity and other reasons. However, it is nice to get a low baseline for what your coin is worth.
     
    1 Dollar 5 Dollars
    2 1/2 Dollars 10 Dollars
    3 Dollars 20 Dollars
    4 Dollars   

    1 Dollar
     

    Gold    
    Liberty Head 1849-1854 ,   
    Indian Head Small Head 1854-1856  ,   
    Indian Head Large Head 1856-1889  ,   
    2 1/2 Dollars
     
    Heraldic Bust Right - No Stars 1796  Obverse, Reverse
    Heraldic Bust Right - Stars 1796-1807  Obverse, Reverse
    Capped Draped Bust Large 1808  Obverse, Reverse
    Capped Draped Bust Medium 1821-1827  Obverse, Reverse
    Capped Draped Bust Small 1829-1834  , 
    Classic Head 1834-1839 Obverse, Reverse
    Liberty Coronet 1840-1907  ,   
    Indian Head 1908-1929 ,   
    3 Dollars
     
    Indian Head 1854-1889 ,   
    4 Dollars
     
    Flowing Hair 1879-1880 Obverse, Reverse
    Coiled Hair 1879-1880 Obverse, Reverse
    5 Dollars
     
    Capped Bust - Small Eagle 1795-1798  ,   
    Capped Bust - Large Eagle 1795-1807  Obverse, Reverse
    Capped Draped Bust 1807-1812  Obverse, Reverse
    Capped Head 1813-1834 Obverse, Reverse
    Classic Head  1834-1838 ,   
    Coronet Liberty No Motto 1839-1866  Obverse, Reverse
    Coronet Liberty With Motto 1866-1908  ,   
    Indian Head 1908-1929 ,   
    10 Dollars
     
    Capped Bust-Small Eagle 1795-1797  , Reverse 
    Capped Bust Large Eagle 1797-1804  ,   
    Coronet Liberty - No Motto 1838-1866  ,   
    Coronet Liberty - With Motto 1866-1907  ,   
    Indian Head-No Motto 1907-1908  ,   
    Indian Head With Motto 1908-1933  ,   
    20 Dollars
     
    Coronet Liberty No Motto 1849-1866 , 
    Coronet Liberty Twenty D.  1866-1876  ,   
    Coronet Twenty Dollars  1877-1907  ,   
    Saint-Gaudens - High Relief 1907  ,   
    Saint Gaudens 1907-1933 ,