 When Longacre began work on the two new coins in early 1849 , he had no one to assist him . Longacre wrote the following year that he had been warned by a Mint employee that one of the officers ( undoubtedly Peale ) planned to undermine the chief engraver 's position by having the work of preparing designs and dies done outside Mint premises . Accordingly , when the gold coin bill became law , Longacre apprised Patterson that he was ready to begin work on the gold dollar . The Mint Director agreed , and after viewing a model of the head on the obverse , authorized Longacre to proceed with preparation of dies . According to Longacre , 
 When Longacre began work on the two new coins in early 1849 , he had no one to assist him . Longacre wrote the following year <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a>he <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> been warned by a Mint employee that one of the officers ( undoubtedly Peale ) planned to undermine the chief engraver <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>position by having the work of preparing designs and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>dies</mark></a> done outside Mint premises . Accordingly , when the gold coin bill became law , Longacre apprised Patterson that he was ready to begin work on the gold dollar . The Mint Director agreed , and after viewing a model of the head on the obverse , authorized Longacre to proceed with preparation of dies . According to Longacre , 
When Longacre began work on the two new coins in early 1849 , he had no one to assist em . Longacre wrote the following year he done been warned by a Mint employee dat one of the officers ( undoubtedly Peale ) planned to undermine the chief engraver  position by having the work of preparing designs and die done outside Mint premises . Accordingly , when the gold coin bill became law , Longacre apprised Patterson that he was ready to begin work on the gold dollar . da Mint Director agreed , and after viewing a model of tdahead on the obverse , authorized Longacre to proceed with preparation of dies . According to Longacre ,