Indian Princess Head (Type 3)

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Indian Princess Head (Type 3) is the final design type of the U.S. gold dollar series, featuring a stylized Liberty wearing a feathered headdress created by Chief Engraver James B. Longacre and struck from 1856 to 1889.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States gold dollar design type
gold coin type
authority United States Congress
category 19th-century United States gold coins
collectedAs numismatic item
collectibleStatus highly collected by type and date
collectingField U.S. numismatics
composition gold
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
currency US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
denomination one dollar
designChangeReason improvement over Type 2 design
designer James B. Longacre
designTheme classical Liberty with Native American elements
designTypeNumber Type 3
engraverTitle Chief Engraver of the United States Mint
faceValue 1 U.S. dollar
finalDesignTypeOfSeries U.S. gold dollar series
historicalEra 19th century
issuedBy United States government
legalTenderIn United States of America
surface form: United States
metalStandard gold standard era U.S. coinage
mint United States Mint
mintingTechnology steam-powered presses
notableFeature refined portrait of Liberty in Native American-style headdress
smaller, more practical diameter than earlier gold dollars
numismaticSignificance last subtype of the smallest U.S. gold denomination
obverseFigure personification of Liberty
obverseHeaddressType feathered headdress
obverseLegend United States of America
surface form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
obverseMotif Liberty wearing a feathered headdress
obverseStyle stylized Indian princess
partOf United States coins
surface form: United States gold dollar coinage
periodOfMintage 1856–1889
predecessor Indian Princess Head (Type 2)
reverseDesignType wreath surrounding denomination and date
reverseInscription 1 DOLLAR
date
reverseMotif agricultural wreath
series Type 1 Liberty Head gold dollar
surface form: U.S. gold dollar
status demonetized for practical purposes
no longer in circulation
usedFor circulation
yearsOfIssueEnd 1889
yearsOfIssueStart 1856

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gold dollar obverseDesign Indian Princess Head (Type 3)