diff --git a/enginetest/queries/script_queries.go b/enginetest/queries/script_queries.go
index 01a8523959..80a857409f 100644
--- a/enginetest/queries/script_queries.go
+++ b/enginetest/queries/script_queries.go
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ CREATE TABLE tab3 (
 			{
 				Query: "select COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME='c';",
 				Expected: []sql.Row{
-					{"coalesce(NULL,1)", "tinyint"},
+					{"coalesce(NULL,1)", "int"},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/sql/expression/function/coalesce.go b/sql/expression/function/coalesce.go
index 88adbc1fac..cb8b7acba9 100644
--- a/sql/expression/function/coalesce.go
+++ b/sql/expression/function/coalesce.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/types"
-
 	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/expression"
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/types"
 )
 
 // Coalesce returns the first non-NULL value in the list, or NULL if there are no non-NULL values.
@@ -53,17 +53,56 @@ func (c *Coalesce) Description() string {
 // Type implements the sql.Expression interface.
 // The return type of Type() is the aggregated type of the argument types.
 func (c *Coalesce) Type() sql.Type {
+	typ := types.Null
 	for _, arg := range c.args {
 		if arg == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		t := arg.Type()
+		// special case for signed and unsigned integers
+		if (types.IsSigned(typ) && types.IsUnsigned(t)) || (types.IsUnsigned(typ) && types.IsSigned(t)) {
+			typ = types.MustCreateDecimalType(20, 0)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if t != nil && t != types.Null {
-			return t
+			convType := expression.GetConvertToType(typ, t)
+			switch convType {
+			case expression.ConvertToChar:
+				// Can't get any larger than this
+				return types.LongText
+			case expression.ConvertToDecimal:
+				if typ == types.Float64 || t == types.Float64 {
+					typ = types.Float64
+				} else if types.IsDecimal(t) {
+					typ = t
+				} else if !types.IsDecimal(typ) {
+					typ = types.MustCreateDecimalType(10, 0)
+				}
+			case expression.ConvertToUnsigned:
+				if typ == types.Uint64 || t == types.Uint64 {
+					typ = types.Uint64
+				} else {
+					typ = types.Uint32
+				}
+			case expression.ConvertToSigned:
+				if typ == types.Int64 || t == types.Int64 {
+					typ = types.Int64
+				} else {
+					typ = types.Int32
+				}
+			case expression.ConvertToFloat:
+				if typ == types.Float64 || t == types.Float64 {
+					typ = types.Float64
+				} else {
+					typ = types.Float32
+				}
+			default:
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return types.Null
+	return typ
 }
 
 // CollationCoercibility implements the interface sql.CollationCoercible.
diff --git a/sql/expression/function/coalesce_test.go b/sql/expression/function/coalesce_test.go
index d9efd8708d..56b7f66f2c 100644
--- a/sql/expression/function/coalesce_test.go
+++ b/sql/expression/function/coalesce_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package function
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
@@ -37,11 +38,102 @@ func TestCoalesce(t *testing.T) {
 		typ      sql.Type
 		nullable bool
 	}{
-		{"coalesce(1, 2, 3)", []sql.Expression{expression.NewLiteral(1, types.Int32), expression.NewLiteral(2, types.Int32), expression.NewLiteral(3, types.Int32)}, 1, types.Int32, false},
-		{"coalesce(NULL, NULL, 3)", []sql.Expression{nil, nil, expression.NewLiteral(3, types.Int32)}, 3, types.Int32, false},
-		{"coalesce(NULL, NULL, '3')", []sql.Expression{nil, nil, expression.NewLiteral("3", types.LongText)}, "3", types.LongText, false},
-		{"coalesce(NULL, '2', 3)", []sql.Expression{nil, expression.NewLiteral("2", types.LongText), expression.NewLiteral(3, types.Int32)}, "2", types.LongText, false},
-		{"coalesce(NULL, NULL, NULL)", []sql.Expression{nil, nil, nil}, nil, types.Null, true},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(1, 2, 3)",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(2, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(3, types.Int32),
+			},
+			expected: 1,
+			typ:      types.Int32,
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(NULL, NULL, 3)",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				nil,
+				nil,
+				expression.NewLiteral(3, types.Int32),
+			},
+			expected: 3,
+			typ:      types.Int32,
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(NULL, NULL, '3')",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				nil,
+				nil,
+				expression.NewLiteral("3", types.LongText),
+			},
+			expected: "3",
+			typ:      types.LongText,
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(NULL, '2', 3)",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				nil,
+				expression.NewLiteral("2", types.LongText),
+				expression.NewLiteral(3, types.Int32),
+			},
+			expected: "2",
+			typ:      types.LongText,
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(NULL, NULL, NULL)",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				nil,
+				nil,
+				nil,
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+			typ:      types.Null,
+			nullable: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(int(1), decimal(2.0), string('3'))",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(decimal.NewFromFloat(2.0), types.MustCreateDecimalType(10, 0)),
+				expression.NewLiteral("3", types.LongText),
+			},
+			expected: 1,
+			typ:      types.LongText,
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(signed(1), unsigned(2))",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(2, types.Uint32),
+			},
+			expected: 1,
+			typ:      types.MustCreateDecimalType(20, 0),
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(signed(1), unsigned(2))",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(2, types.Uint32),
+			},
+			expected: 1,
+			typ:      types.MustCreateDecimalType(20, 0),
+			nullable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "coalesce(decimal(1.0), float64(2.0))",
+			input: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1, types.MustCreateDecimalType(10, 0)),
+				expression.NewLiteral(2, types.Float64),
+			},
+			expected: 1,
+			typ:      types.Float64,
+			nullable: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range testCases {