subject: Dollar Coin Collecting: Numerous Dollar Coins To Collect [print this page] When it concerns dollar coin collecting, there are numerous selections available that you would be hard pressed to find the better dollar coins which are worth collecting. For one, the Flowing Hair Dollar, an original and silver dollar which was made in only the second year after the beginning of US Mint operations was obtainable in limited numbers with them being made only for a few years and which totaled about one hundred and sixty-two thousand coins in all. It was later substituted for the Bust Dollar which was minted in the middle of 1795. Nonetheless, the Flowing Hair dollar is much sought after and its value is very high.
Draped Dollar
The Draped Dollar that was minted between 1795 and 1803 had many types and errors in them and it is also a dollar coin which is worthy of being added to any dollar coin collecting. There were only nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy such coins minted and the last of them was minted in the year 1803. The salient point about this dollar coin is that it is considered as being the most significant of all dollar coins that are ever minted.
The popularity of the Draped Dollar can not be denied though this popularity has led to many copies being made of this, most notably in China and therefore if you are thinking of buying these and adding them to dollar coin collections then you need to only buy them from reputable and recognized coin dealers.
Another useful dollar coin which lends it well to dollar coin collecting is the Gobrecht Dollar which was minted after the 1831 exit of silver dollar coins. It is an expensive dollar coin particularly the 1836 version.
The Seated Liberty dollar coins are worthy of dollar coin collecting exercises and they were minted in the year 1840 and in larger quantities than the Gobrecht Dollar. The Seated Liberty Dollar continued to be around the world till the year 1853 after which this dollar coin was used for trading with China and the minting of this coin was finally stopped in 1870.
The US Congress thought it was appropriate to mint coins that commemorated each US President as well as their spouses. Therefore, when it comes to Presidential dollar coin collecting, you have to be on your toes to make sure that you can buy one or all or some of the four different Presidential Dollar designs that are being minted each year and through till the year 2016. These Presidential Dollar coins are just being minted in limited numbers and each will come out in periods of thirteen weeks.
