GOLD DOLLARS - TYPE 1
DATE	GRADE	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
1849 No L	PCGS MS-63		$ 2460
1849 Open Wreath	PCGS MS-62		1065
1849 Open Wreath	PCGS MS-63		1380
1851	PCGS XF-40		235
1851	NGC AU-58		283
1851	NGC MS-62		520
1851	NGC MS-64		1540
1852	PCGS AU-50		256
1852	PCGS AU-55		256
1852	NGC AU-58		283
1852	NGC MS-61		460
1852	PCGS MS-61		460
1852	NGC MS-62		520
1852	PCGS MS-63		955
1853	PCGS AU-50		250
1853	NGC AU-55		255
1853	PCGS AU-55		255
1853	NGC AU-58		283
1853	PCGS AU-58		283
1853	NGC MS-61		460
1853	PCGS MS-61		460
1853	NGC MS-62		520
1853	PCGS MS-62		520
1853 O	NGC MS-61		975
1854 Type 1	NGC MS-62		520
1854 Type 1	PCGS AU-55		255
1854 Type 1	PCGS MS-61		460
1854 Type 1	PCGS MS-62		520
GOLD DOLLARS - TYPE 2
DATE	GRADE	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
1854 Type 2	NGC AU-58		$ 790
1854 TYPE 2 Type 2	NGC AU-53		575
1854 TYPE 2 Type 2	NGC AU-55		750
1854 TYPE 2 Type 2	NGC AU-58		790
1855	PCGS XF-40		435
1855	PCGS AU-50		525
1855	NGC AU-53		575
1855	NGC AU-55		750
1855	NGC AU-55		750
1855	NGC AU-58		790
GOLD DOLLARS - TYPE 3
DATE	GRADE	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
1856 Slanted 5	NGC AU-55		$ 256
1856 Slanted 5	PCGS MS-61		515
1856 SLANTED 5 Slanted 5	NGC MS-61		515
1857	NGC MS-61		530
1857	PCGS MS-61		530
1857 C	NGC AU-58		7510
1861	PCGS MS-62		640
1861	NGC MS-63		930
1862	NGC MS-61		530
1873 Open 3	PCGS MS-62		590
1874	PCGS MS-61		530
1874	NGC MS-62		590
1874	PCGS MS-62		590
1874	PCGS MS-63		930
1874	NGC MS-64		1220
1883	PCGS MS-64		1235
1888	NGC MS-65		1855
1889	NGC MS-63		930
1889	NGC MS-64		1220

Facts
Gold Dollars were first coined in 1849 as a result of the coinage bill of March 3 in that year, which also authorized the minting of $20 Double Eagles. The first type, usually referred to as simply "Type 1", is a small sized Coronet design by James Barton Longacre.

At the direction of the new Mint Director, Col. James Ross Snowden, Longacre redesigned the Gold $1 on a broader flan, with a narrow "Indian Princess" head obverse. Minted for less than three years, this is the scarcest of the three Gold $1 types, Poor strikes and accelerated wear from the high relief design contribute to this issue's relative scarcity and higher prices in the upper grades.

In order to remedy the problems of inadequate striking and accelerated wear of the Type 2 issue, in 1855 Snowden again directed Longacre to redesign the Gold $1. Largely an adaptation of his $3 design, special care was now taken to avoid opposing areas of high relief. While mintage for this type are small, fortunately, many still exist is high grade.