Well, the provided search results are playing rather coy, offering tantalizing titles about "Gold Sacagawea Dollars" but forgetting to include any actual information. So, let's crack this golden mystery ourselves.
The heart of the matter is that there are two very different coins people call "gold dollars." First, you have the modern dollar coins, like the Sacagawea and Presidential series. Despite their sunny disposition, they contain precisely zero gold. They're masters of disguise, made mostly of copper with a manganese brass cladding that gives them their golden hue. So, their worth in gold is, tragically, nothing. Their worth in cash, however, is exactly one dollar. A perfectly respectable, if not life-changing, amount.
Now, if you're talking about the actual gold one-dollar coins the U.S. Mint produced back in the 19th century, that's a whole different treasure chest. Those little guys are made of real gold, and their value is based on both the current price of gold and their rarity as a collector's item. You're not likely to get one of these in your change from the grocery store, and they are worth far more than their face value—often hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
So, in short: if your coin features a recent president or Sacagawea, it’s worth a dollar. If it’s a tiny coin from the 1850s, you might want to have a professional take a look before you use it in a vending machine.
