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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Indian Princess Head (Type 3) canonical 1

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Statements (45)

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 ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
obverseMotif Liberty wearing a feathered headdress ⓘ
obverseStyle stylized Indian princess ⓘ
partOf United States gold dollar coinage ⓘ
linked to: United States coins
periodOfMintage 1856–1889 ⓘ
predecessor Indian Princess Head (Type 2) ⓘ
reverseDesignType wreath surrounding denomination and date ⓘ
reverseInscription 1 DOLLAR ⓘ
date ⓘ
reverseMotif agricultural wreath ⓘ
series 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) ⓘ