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United States gold coins (V) – Half Eagle (1795–1929)

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Reason

High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). The Half Eagle $5 gold coin was authorized by Congress in 1792, stuck in mid-1795, and was the first gold coin produced by the United States. In production for 134 years (1795–1929), five designers/engravers executed eight different design types. In addition, two excessively rare varieties are presented.

Original

A complete typeset (10 coins) of eight Half eagle gold $5 coins and two additional excessively rare major varieties from 1795 to 1929. The diameter of a Half eagle ranges from 25mm (roughly the size of a current issue U.S.quarter) to 21.6mm (roughly the size of a current issue U.S. nickel).

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Half Eagle, Indian Head gold pieces

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Currency

Creator

United States Mint
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History
Edited by Godot13

Complete typeset of United States Half eagle gold coins

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  1795 Turban Head Half eagle (small eagle)
  (1795–98)
  Robert Scot
• 
  1795 Turban Head Half eagle (heraldic eagle)
  (1795–1807)
  Robert Scot

• 
  1797 Turban Head Half eagle
  Robert Scot
  The only Turban Head Half eagle known with 16 stars on the obverse.
• 
  1807 Capped Bust Half eagle
  (1807–12)
  John Reich

• 
  1813 Capped Head Half eagle
  (1813–34)
  John Reich
• 
  1822 Capped Head Half eagle (large diameter)
  (1813–29)
  John Reich
  Only three 1822 Half eagles are known to exist.

• 
  1834 Classic Head Half eagle
  (1834–38)
  William Kneass
• 
  1840 Liberty Head Half eagle (no motto)
  (1839–1866)
  Christian Gobrecht

• 
  1866 Liberty Head Half eagle (motto)
  (1866–1908)
  Christian Gobrecht
• 
  1908 Indian Head Half eagle
  (1908–1929)
  Bela Pratt

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 17:48, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support –Jobas (talk) 20:29, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support - quite valuable bit of history here. — Cirt (talk) 20:34, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:41, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support no, not eagles! Monkeys! Is there a date range for the Turban Head or is it solely 1797? And I think somebody made off with the gold from the "gold" 1822 Capped Head. Belle (talk) 12:49, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:NNC-US-1795-G$5-Turban Head (small eagle).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1795-G$5-Turban Head (heraldic eagle).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1797-G$5-Turban Head (heraldic eagle).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1807-G$5-Capped Bust.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1813-G$5-Capped Head (bold relief).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1822-G$5-Capped Head (large diameter).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1834-G$5-Classic Head.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1840-G$5-Liberty Head (no motto).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1866-G$5-Liberty Head (motto).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:NNC-US-1908-G$5-Indian Head.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)