5 Dollar USA (1776 - ) Gold

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Issue year(s):
1880

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United States. Beautiful Liberty Head Gold $5 (Half Eagle) Coin.



Mint year: 1853
Reference: KM-101
Mint Place Philadelphia
Engraver: Christian Gobrecht
Type: Liberty Head Gold ½ Eagle
Denomination: Liberty Head 5 Dollars (Gold Half Eagle)
Material: Gold (.900)
Diameter: 21mm
Weight: 8.36gm


Obverse: Diademed head of Lady Liberty left, surrounded by 13 stars. Date (1881) below.
Diadem Legend: LIBERTY

Reverse: Eagle with spread wings and US shield at chest looking left. Banner with motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” above.
Legend: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . FIVE D .




The Half Eagle is a United States coin that was produced for circulation from 1795 to 1929 and in commemorative and bullion coins since the 1980s. Composed almost entirely of gold, it has a face value of five dollars. Its production was authorized by The Act of April 2, 1792, and it was the first gold coin minted by the United States.


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1906-D. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8414) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. Categories: $5 Liberty/With Motto

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1905-S. PCGS graded AU-53. (PCGS # 8412) . Estimated Value $300 - 325. Categories: $5 Liberty/With Motto

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1901-S. PCGS graded MS-66. An outstanding frosty mint gem exhibiting full mint bloom colors. Pop 49; 5 finer, 2 in 66+, 3 in 67 Collectors see gold coins and admire them for their beauty and value, but rarely suspect that behind the curtain, they played a key role in regulating commerce here i ...

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1900. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck, brilliant, and fully lustrous (PCGS # 8400) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. Categories: $5 Liberty/With Motto

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1899. NGC graded MS-64+. CAC Approved. Well struck and frosty. Lightly toned. A choice example (PCGS # 8398) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Categories: $5 Liberty/With Motto

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1852-C. NGC XF Details, improperly cleaned. Pale yellow gold with traces of luster peaking thru the devices. This coin would have been graded a year or two ago. Only 72,574 minted of which merely 650 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8251) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. The Willia ...
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Indian Head Eagle With Motto   In 1907 a collaboration between the dynamic president Theodore Roosevelt and renown American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens resulted in new designs for both the twenty dollar gold coin and the ten dollar gold coin. The new design on the eagle featured a native American on the obverse, and a standing eagle on the reverse. The Indian was modele ...
Variations and designs of 5 Dollar USA   The $5 United States coin, also known as the half eagle, has undergone various designs and variations throughout its history. Here are some notable designs and variations:Capped Bust (1795-1838):The Capped Bust design featured Liberty facing left wearing a Phrygian cap, with a small eagle on the reverse.Variations included changes in the size ...

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1923-S Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with the head nearly full. Close examination suggests this is a full head. Lightly toned around the edges. A nice origin ...

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1919-S. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A very popular key date. Light hint of gold tone on the obverse. A well struck near-Gem that has deep silvery mint frost from center to periphery. A few ...

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1876. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Blast white Gem Cameo Proof. Only 1,260 struck. The Twenty-cent piece, sometimes called a "double dime," had a brief appearance in the fourth quarter of the 19t ...
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