 In 1831 , the first gold dollar was minted , at the private mint of Christopher Bechtler in North Carolina . Much of the gold then being produced in the United States came from the mountains of North Carolina and Georgia , and the dollars and other small gold coins issued by Bechtler circulated through that region , and were now and then seen further away . Additional one @-@ dollar pieces were struck by August Bechtler , Christopher 's son . 
 In 1831 , the first gold dollar was minted , at the private mint of Christopher Bechtler in North Carolina . Much of the gold then being produced in the United States came from the mountains of North Carolina and Georgia , and the dollars and other small gold coins issued by Bechtler circulated through that region , and <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> now and then seen further away . Additional one @-@ dollar pieces <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> struck by August Bechtler , Christopher <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>son . 
In 1831 , da first gold dollar was minted , at the private mint of Christopher Bechtler in North Carolina . Much of the gold then bein produced in tdaUnited States came from the mountains of North Carolina and Georgia , and thdaollars and other small gold coins issued by Bechtler circulated thru dat region , and was now and then seen further away . Additional one @-@ dollar pieces was struck by August Bechtler , Christopher  son .