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United States

1 Dollar (Lewis and Clark)

United States · 1904–1905 · Gold

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The story

The Lewis and Clark Exposition Gold Dollar

In 1904 the US Mint did something it had never done before and would never do again: it struck a coin with a head on both sides. Then most of them were melted.

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