Indian Princess Head encircled with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
With this third dollar type, the Mint finally got it right and the Type 3 gold dollar was minted and circulated until 1889 when the denomination was stopped.
The obverse and reverse designs are pretty much the same as the Type 2 gold dollar. The...
Indian Princess Head encircled with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The three-dollar gold piece was authorized by the Act of February 21, 1853. First struck in 1854, the coin was never popular with the general public and saw very little circulation. Today, some numismatists theorize that the $3 denomination would...
Liberty Head surrounded by thirteen stars and the date
Authorized by the Act of April 2, 1792, quarter eagles weighed 67.5 grains, 0.9167 fineness until weight was changed to 64.5 grains, fineness 0.8992, by the Act of June 28, 1834. The Act of January 18, 1837, established fineness at 0.900. Most...
Liberty Head surrounded by thirteen stars and the date
The half eagle was the first gold coin actually struck for the United States. The $5 piece was authorized to be coined by the Act of April 2, 1792 and the first type weighed 135 grains, 0.9167 fineness. The Act of June 28, 1834, changed the weight...
Indian Head, LIBERTY above, Date below, Thirteen Stars
This new type represents a departure from all precedents in United States coinage. Its design features no raised edge, and the main devices and legends are incuse - sunk below the surface of the coin. President Theodore Roosevelt took an interest...
Indian Head, LIBERTY above, Date below, Thirteen Stars
This coin was part of the new incuse designs by sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt. The obverse and reverse designs are the same as that of the quarter eagle except the FIVE DOLLARS designated on the reverse beneath the eagle.
The coin was minted from 1908...
Indian Head with Feathered Headdress, Thirteen Stars above, Date below
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, considered by many the greatest of modern sculptors, introduced a new high standard of art in United States coins evidenced by his eagle and double eagle types in 1907. The obverse of the eagle shows the head of Liberty...
Germanicus surrounded by --NICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST--
This coin was minted during the reign of Tiberius in 19 AD, the year Germanicus died. Germanicus was the oldest son of Nero Claudius Drusus, father of Caligula, and later became Tiberius' adopted son. He was a popular and successful General winning...
Bust of Liberty surrounded by REPUBLICA DE LA NUEVA GRANADA and date
This gold sixteen pesos coin was minted in the city of Popayan in New Granada (Colombia) in 1838. The obverse features the bust of Liberty, and the reverse features the coat of arms of New Granada and the denomination and mint name.
In 158 BC, Perseus, the last king of Macedon, lost the battle of Pydna and ultimately the third “Macedonian War” to the Romans. The Romans, however, did not immediately make Macedon a Roman province, but instead divided it into four states....
This silver coin was produced in the Roman Republic, and was minted from 225-212 BC until just before the denarius was introduced (around 211 BC). The obverse featured the bust of Janus, and the reverse with Victory driving a quadriga gave the coin...
Head of Hercules Facing Right Wearing Lion's Skin, Club Below; Three Pellets Behind
This coin was minted in 132 BC by the moneyer M. Fabrinius. The quadrans was a Roman bronze coin worth 1/4 of an as, and it became the lowest valued coin in production. It was made at the beginning of the era of cast bronze coins, with three...
This coin was minted by C. Vibius C. f. Pansa in 90 BC during the days of the Roman Republic. On the obverse it depicts Apollo, the second most powerful of all the Olympian gods, and also the god of music, healing, and the arts. The Muses were...
This coin was minted in 87 BC by the moneyer L. Rubrius Dossenus. Though no ancient writer has mentioned Dossenus, this coin may point to him winning a victory of some kind. The bust of Juno, the queen of the gods, is on the obverse of this coin,...
In Rome Moneyers were elected officials who were responsible for the minting of coins. After about 206 BC they were allowed to place their names on the coins, although some anonymous issues were struck as late as the early first century BC. Around...
This coin was produced around the time that Octavian had become the official ruler of the Roman Republic. On the reverse, it shows him in military attire, which is appropriate since at this time he had just finished consolidating his power in the...
Ocatvian's Bare Head, --AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBYNIC--
This bronze coin was struck by the moneyer M. Maecilius Tullus around 7 AD. On the obverse it shows a bust of Octavian, who had been proclaimed Augustus by the Senate in 27 BC. From that point on, he was no longer referred to as Octavian, but as...
Tiberius Portrait, TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERATOR V circled around edge
Tiberius, the 2nd Roman Emperor is featured on the obverse of this bronze as. Just like many of the bronze coins during Augustus' reign, this coin has the letters SC (Senatus Consulto) meaning "by the authority of the Senate" on the reverse.
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This coin was produced in 37 AD when Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (referred to by the nickname Caligula), a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, became the 3rd Emperor of Rome. Philo of Alexandria states that at first Caligula was...
This coin was struck in 42 AD under Claudius, the 4th emperor of Roman Empire, and it depicts Augustus (d. 14 AD) on the obverse. On the reverse is Livia, who was Augustus' wife and the most powerful woman in the Roman Republic, often acting as...
