A poster on the Coin Collector's Blog has just answered a very common question - what is the actual gold content of all the various American gold coins issued through history?

You may know that the actual gold content of currency gold coins was never 100%, and that the coins were alloyed with silver and copper so that they would not wear so quickly, as pure gold is very soft. 

The actual gold content varies of currency gold coins from 0.8892 to 0.9000 to 0.9167, while the modern bullion gold eagles are 0.9167 and the gold buffalo is 0.9999.

If you want to know the actual composition of the coins from different eras, see here.

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