10 Dollars "Coronet Head" obverse10 Dollars "Coronet Head" reverse
United States

10 Dollars "Coronet Head" · “Coronet Head

United States · 1838–1907 · Gold

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Coronet Head Gold: the Liberty that ran for 70 years

In 1838 a Pennsylvania engraver gave Liberty a coronet and sent her out across the country's gold coins. She stayed there for almost seventy years — through the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the Gilded Age — making this the longest-running design in American coinage.

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