Counterfeit Detection: Altered Date Gold Dollar
July 14, 2026
This Civil War era coin is original, except for a single digit that was changed to try to make it look more valuable.
The 1863 Gold Dollar is one of the rarest and most expensive issues of the series, which ran from 1849 to 1889. A little more than 50 are listed in the NGC Census, with prices in About Uncirculated commanding thousands of dollars.
From NGC