Diameter: 20.5 mm
Mintage: 138,618
Weight: 5.015 grams (77.39 grains)
Metal: 90% gold, 10% copper
Edge: Reeded
Designer: James B. Longacre
Category: $3 Gold
The first year of the three-dollar denomination and one of only three reasonably available dates (with 1874 and 1878). The 1854 is the only year with DOLLARS in small letters, and it is the date most often found in Uncirculated grades.
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