Mormon gold: private Utah issues and changing designs

Read the issuing context

Mormon gold is private territorial coinage associated with Utah, with different dated types. Read the denomination and both sets of inscriptions. The later lion-and-beehive design needs a different reference from earlier designs.

Type references: PCGS Mormon Gold (Utah) ↗

Inspect the attribution evidence

Unfamiliar lettering is an identity feature to document, not a mint error. Photograph it beside the complete face, along with the edge and measured mass. Confirm the exact type before importing metal standards or a denomination-based price.

Type references: PCGS Mormon Gold (Utah) ↗

Choose the matching market

Authentication and surface interventions matter strongly for private gold. Compare the same dated type and value, keeping repairs, smoothing, and uncertain provenance explicit. A modern religious medal or reproduction should be researched on its own terms rather than assigned an original territorial rarity.

Type references: PCGS Mormon Gold (Utah) ↗

Selected reviewed issue records

These catalog standards describe the named issue, not a measured specimen. The selected records below do not cover every date, mint, strike, or die variety. Reported production is labeled separately from established mintage. Unknown standards and mintage remain visible; survival estimates and certified populations are separate research questions.

No issue-level specification or mintage records are published for this category yet. Verify the exact date, mint, strike, metal, and subtype in its reference before using a numerical standard.

References and review

Reference reviewed October 5, 2026. Historical facts and catalog standards need to match the exact issue; price comparisons should be researched at the time of valuation.

• PCGS Mormon Gold (Utah) ↗
• PCGS Photograde ↗
• Error-ref: machine doubling ↗

Continue collecting

• Explore Territorial and private issues
• Inspect possible mint errors
• Distinguish mintage and rarity