Gold dollar
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The gold dollar or gold one-dollar piece is a gold coin that was struck as a regular issue by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1849 to 1889. The coin had three types over its lifetime, all designed by Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre. The Type 1 issue has the smallest diameter of any United States coin minted to date.
Image: NNC US 1849 G$1 Liberty head (Ty 1)
Image: NNC US 1854 G$1 Indian head (Ty 2)
Image: NNC US 1856 G$1 Indian head (Ty 3)
Image: NNC US 1849 G$1 Liberty head (Ty 1)
James B. Longacre
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James Barton Longacre was an American portraitist and engraver, and the fourth chief engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death. Longacre is best known for designing the Indian Head cent, which entered commerce in 1859, and for the designs of the Shield nickel, Flying Eagle cent and other coins of the mid-19th century.
Portrait by Isaac Rehn, 1855
James Longacre, self-portrait at about age 12
Senator John C. Calhoun, as rendered by Longacre in 1834
John Binns' version of the Declaration of Independence with portraits by Longacre, 1819