has any changes happened to the coin or the design of the coin?
Yes, five major varieties from Philadelphia.
Gold dollar
There are five major varieties of the 1849 gold dollar from Philadelphia, made as Longacre continued to fine-tune the design.
what is the gold dollar? A gold coin when was it first struck? 1849 and who issued this coin? United States Bureau of the Mint what is this coin made of? Gold who is the design of the coin attributed to? James B. Longacre where is he from? Delaware County, Pennsylvania did he participate in any war? No has he designed anything else apart from the coin? Yes, Indian Head cent, Shield nickel, and Flying Eagle cent.
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Gold dollar [SEP] Modifications
Mint records indicate the first gold dollars were produced on May 7, 1849; Longacre's diary notes state instead that the first were struck on May 8. A few coins in proof condition were struck on the first day, along with about 1,000 for circulation. There are five major varieties of the 1849 gold dollar from Philadelphia, made as Longacre continued to fine-tune the design. Mintmarked dies were sent by Longacre's Engraving Department at the Philadelphia Mint to the branch mints at Charlotte, Dahlonega (in Georgia), and New Orleans; coins struck at the branches resemble some of the types issued from Philadelphia, depending on when the dies were produced.