Well, let me tell ya somethin’ about that James Garfield 1 dollar coin. That man, he was president for just a little bit, I reckon. Didn’t last long, poor fella. But they made a coin with his face on it, a dollar coin. And that gold coin is worth some money now.
Now, I ain’t no fancy coin collector, but I hear tell these things can be worth a little somethin’ or a lot somethin’. It all depends, ya see. Like, if that coin’s been passed around a bunch, all worn and scratched, well, it ain’t gonna be worth much more than a dollar. Just like any old dollar. That’s what they call “circulated condition”, I heard. These circulated coins are like me, all old and worn out. Not much value here.
But, if you got one of them James Garfield 1 dollar coins, and it’s all shiny and new, like it just came from that coin makin’ place, the U.S. Mint, I think they call it, well, then you might be in luck. Those are the ones that folks pay good money for. I heard some of ’em go for a few dollars, like maybe $4 or $6. That’s not too shabby, is it?
And get this, I heard tell of one, just one of these coins, a real special one, sold for $200. That one must have been special. $200 for a dollar coin! Can you believe that? Imagine what you could buy with that kinda money! A whole lot of stuff, that’s for sure.
- James Garfield, 20th President, that’s what it says on the coin.
- “In God We Trust” is on there too, just like on other money.
- 1881, that’s the year they’re talkin’ about, I reckon.
- The other side has that lady, what’s her name? Statue of Liberty, that’s it.
They made a bunch of these James Garfield 1 dollar coins, I hear, somethin’ like 72 million. Now that’s a lot of coins! It is hard to believe that the government made so many coins, so so many! They are all over the place. I mean, they’re probably all over, in people’s pockets and under the couch cushions. You might even have one and not even know it!
Now, some folks say these James Garfield dollar coins ain’t worth more than a dollar, ‘specially if they been used a lot. But I don’t know, seems like anything with a president’s face on it should be worth somethin’, right? And that 1881 year, it makes them pretty old.
I heard they made some gold dollar coins too, way back when. Now those, those are worth somethin’ for sure. Like, hundreds of dollars! It is a lot! They say one of those old gold dollar coins, also from 1881, could be worth over $225, maybe even $475. It is hard to imagine that one coin can be worth so much money. That’s a lot of money for a little coin.
You know, most of the coins you see are just the regular ones, worth a dollar. That’s just how it is, I guess. But if you find a good one, one of those James Garfield 1 dollar coins that’s all nice and shiny, you might just have somethin’ special. You might wanna hold onto it, or maybe even sell it to one of them coin collectors. They’re always lookin’ for these things, I hear.
But these old gold dollar coins are different. They are worth much more than those new ones. Old things are always like this. They get more and more valuable.
So, there ya have it. That’s all I know about that James Garfield 1 dollar coin. It ain’t much, but it’s somethin’. Just remember, condition is key, they say. The better lookin’ that coin is, the more it’s probably worth. And if you happen to find one of them really old gold ones, well, you just might be sittin’ on a little gold mine! Just don’t go spendin’ it all in one place!
But like I said, I ain’t no expert. You wanna know for sure, you gotta ask one of them coin fellas. They know all about these things. But I hope this helps ya a little bit. Just remember what I said about that James Garfield 1 dollar coin. It might be worth more than you think!
But who knows? Only God knows everything. So maybe this coin is a gift from God. It’s worth thinking about it.
