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  2. American Gold Eagle - Wikipedia

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    Design used. 2021–present. The American Gold Eagle is an official gold bullion coin of the United States. Authorized under the Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985, it was first released by the United States Mint in 1986. Because the term "eagle" also is the official United States designation for the pre-1933 ten dollar gold coin, the weight of the ...

  3. Eagle (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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    The eagle is a United States $10 gold coin issued by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1933. The eagle was the largest of the five main decimal base-units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the year when gold was withdrawn from circulation. These five main base-units of denomination were the mill ...

  4. Indian Head eagle - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Head eagle is a $10 gold piece or eagle that was struck by the United States Mint continuously from 1907 until 1916, and then irregularly until 1933. The obverse and reverse were designed by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, originally commissioned for use on other denominations. He was suffering from cancer and did not survive to see ...

  5. Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985 - Wikipedia

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    United States gold bullion coin with engraved Bald Eagle. These limitations are due to the fact that public law gives to such coinage a value which does not attach as a mere consequence of intrinsic value. Their quality as a legal tender is an attribute of law aside from their bullion value. They bear, therefore, the impress of sovereign power ...

  6. List of most expensive coins - Wikipedia

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    Capped Bust Gold Eagle: MS-63+ CAC United States GreatCollections [32] May 2023 $2,640,000 1825 Ruble Pattern Russian Empire: Stack's Bowers [33] April 6, 2021 $2,585,000 1792 Birch Cent: MS-65 CAC United States Garrett, Partrick Heritage Auctions [34] January 2015 $2,585,000 1795 $10 Capped Bust Right Eagle - 13 leaves MS-66+ United States Garrett

  7. Liberty Head double eagle - Wikipedia

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    Type I. The Liberty Head double eagle or Coronet double eagle is an American twenty-dollar gold piece struck as a pattern coin in 1849, and for commerce from 1850 to 1907. It was designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver James B. Longacre. The largest denomination of United States coin authorized by the Mint Act of 1792 was the eagle ...

  8. United States Mint coin sizes - Wikipedia

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    The figures cited in the tables are representative of the series, and are generally the latest, or most common, figures for a given coin type. The largest coin ever minted by the US Mint was the 2019 Apollo 50th anniversary 5ounce silver dollar, weighing 155.517 grams, and 76.2 mm in diameter. [5]

  9. First in Flight Centennial commemorative coins - Wikipedia

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    This was the first time a commemorative eagle was produced with this composition since 1985, and as of 2019 was the last time a commemorative eagle was produced with this composition. α The obverse features a portrait of Orville and Wilbur Wright, while the reverse features an eagle in flight above an image of the Wright Flyer. 100,000 gold ...