Liberty Head Half Eagle
THE $5 GOLD COIN OF THE GILDED AGE, 1880 TO 1908
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- 1881-CC$50,000–$70,000
- 1883-CC$50,000–$70,000
- 1884-CC$50,000–$70,000
- 1888$25,000–$35,000
- 1889$38,000–$52,000
Prices are MS-63 estimates, Oct 2026. A photograph appears below where we hold a public-domain photo of that exact date and mint; other issues show a medallion here, and their page shows the nearest type coin, labelled.
1880s
23 issues1890s
25 issues1900s
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In preparationValues are Lustre editorial estimate, Oct 2026, not market data. Medallions stand in for issues without a photograph of that exact date; each value page shows a labelled type coin. How we estimate.
The Liberty Head Half Eagle, in brief
The Liberty Head half eagle (also called the Coronet half eagle) is a $5 gold coin struck from 1839 to 1908. Christian Gobrecht designed the coronet Liberty head. This catalogue covers 1880 to 1908, the years with IN GOD WE TRUST on the reverse, struck at Philadelphia, San Francisco, Carson City, New Orleans (1892 to 1894) and, in 1906 and 1907, Denver. Each coin is 90% gold, weighs 8.359 g and holds 0.24187 troy ounce, so the melt value is the floor. Earlier dates (1839 to 1879) are not in this catalogue yet, and 1887 Philadelphia is a Proof-only year.
Most Liberty half eagles of the 1880s and 1900s are worth gold plus a small premium. The collectible dates are the low-mintage Philadelphia years (1888 to 1890), the Carson City issues, and the three New Orleans coins of 1892 to 1894.
- Designer
- Christian Gobrecht
- Composition
- 90% gold, 10% copper
- Mint marks
- Philadelphia, San Francisco, Carson City, New Orleans, Denver
- Key dates
- 1881-CC, 1883-CC, 1884-CC, 1888
Half eagle, Wikipedia: weight (8.359 g), diameter (21.6 mm), gold content (about 0.242 oz), designer, years of the Liberty Head design.
Liberty Head Half Eagle: 1839-1908, Type Set Coin Collecting (typesets.wikidot.com, CC BY-SA): mintage and proof mintage by year and mint.
PCGS CoinFacts date pages (mintage cross-check only), PCGS: cross-check of a few mintage figures (1880 and 1884-CC $20, 1880 $5, 1884 proofs); no prices used.
Lustre editorial grade-value estimates, Lustre: grade value ranges (estimates, not market data).
gold-api.com spot prices (reference level for estimates), gold-api.com: reference spot prices behind the estimates.