The first United States gold coins were half eagles made in 1795. These appeared two years after the first American copper coins and one year after the first silver coins. These new coins had a face value of five dollars. The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 authorized the half eagle. The production of the half eagle officially began on July 31, 1795; 744 half eagles were made on that first day. It was to weigh 135 grains and be made of .9167 fine gold. This weight and fineness did not change until the Act of January 18, 1837 when the weight became 129 grains and the fineness became .900.
Capped Bust to Right (1795-1807); Capped Bust to Left (1807-1812); Capped Head to Left (1813-1834); Classic Head, No Motto (1834-1838); Liberty Head (1839-1908); Indian Head (1908-1929).
BD-9, R-5+. Crisply struck. Lovely (unlike many dogmeat comps like the NGC MS61 that recently sold in auction). Evergreen 1st year of issue. Bid=90,000. PCGS:130,000. More
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BD-2, R-6+. Rarely offered, particularly problem-free. Sharp and lustrous. Rare. Less than two dozen known. Old holder. NGC$75,000. PCGS$80,000. NGC pop 1/6More
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BD-1, R-4+. Crisp & lustrous., PCGS $45,000.00, Wonderful Capped Head half eagle in choice uncirculated and quite nice for the grade, premium quality. Rarely seen this nice.
Very rare pre-Civil War half eagle from the San Francisco mint, with only 2 specimens graded finer. Total population not including regrades which are likely are NGC 4/2, PCGS 7/0!More
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1861 Civil War Gold Set - 1861 Gold Dollar NGC AU55, 1861 Quarter Eagle NGC AU55, 1861 Half Eagle PCGS XF45, 1861 Eagle NGC AU55, 1861 Double Eagle NGC XF45 CAC...More
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Very difficult to locate this nice is this 1874-CC Half Eagle in very choice about uncirculated condition that looks nicer than what the technical grade would indicate. Very sharp graders look at this coin and immedietely grade it AU-55! Very scarce.More
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Even rarer than the mintage of 36 suggests, Total pops both services as follows 1/3, 0/7. I have a proof gold dollar, a lower grade ( prf 60 ) eagle and a proof double eagle so yes Matilda, we can assemble a gold proof set in inventory. This 1880 $5 and the previously mentioned 1889 2.5 would also be a good starting point as both of them have really low mintages and a survival rate that's even lower.More
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The first United States gold coins were half eagles made in 1795. These appeared two years after the first American copper coins and one year after the first silver coins. These new coins had a face value of five dollars. The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 authorized the half eagle. The production of the half eagle officially began on July 31, 1795; 744 half eagles were made on that first day. It was to weigh 135 grains and be made of .9167 fine gold. This weight and fineness did not change until the Act of January 18, 1837 when the weight became 129 grains and the fineness became .900.
Capped Bust to Right (1795-1807); Capped Bust to Left (1807-1812); Capped Head to Left (1813-1834); Classic Head, No Motto (1834-1838); Liberty Head (1839-1908); Indian Head (1908-1929).
