Why do they put a dollar figure on coins?

I would like to hear some theories on why they stamp $1 on a ASE and $50 on a AGE? I have been running across some interesting articles of people trying to beat the tax system by rolling these types of coins in their investments at face value rather than market value.
In some cases obviously you wouldn't want to do this. If my employer was paying me $50,000 per year I would gladly accept 1000 1 oz AGE's for my salary.
On the flip side they could pay me 200,000 new quarters but the metal value would be much less obviously.
If I were to use the funds in my traditional IRA to purchase AGE's and then roll it to a roth at the tax rate of $50 per coin, I feel I would spend most of the rest of my life in prison but if gold was only $30 per ounce the IRS would gladly let me do this and more than likely require me to do this.
Lets say I were to hire someone and set their salary at $1200 or $100 per month. If I paid them 100 silver eagles ($100 face value) could I send them a W-2 at the end of the year for $1000 and make it fly?
Right now, how would the situation on pennies or nickels be any different from the AGE's? If I were to take payment of 5,000,000 pre 1982 pennies for my salary the actual melt value would be close to $125,000.
If you can't claim the value stamped on the coin as it's value, why even put it on there?
If I try something like the IRA roll, I expect you guys to chip in and get me out of jail!
In some cases obviously you wouldn't want to do this. If my employer was paying me $50,000 per year I would gladly accept 1000 1 oz AGE's for my salary.

If I were to use the funds in my traditional IRA to purchase AGE's and then roll it to a roth at the tax rate of $50 per coin, I feel I would spend most of the rest of my life in prison but if gold was only $30 per ounce the IRS would gladly let me do this and more than likely require me to do this.
Lets say I were to hire someone and set their salary at $1200 or $100 per month. If I paid them 100 silver eagles ($100 face value) could I send them a W-2 at the end of the year for $1000 and make it fly?
Right now, how would the situation on pennies or nickels be any different from the AGE's? If I were to take payment of 5,000,000 pre 1982 pennies for my salary the actual melt value would be close to $125,000.
If you can't claim the value stamped on the coin as it's value, why even put it on there?
If I try something like the IRA roll, I expect you guys to chip in and get me out of jail!
