$5 Liberty Gold Half Eagles

The $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle is one of the longest-running gold coin series in United States Mint history, struck continuously from 1839 through 1908. Designed by Christian Gobrecht and later refined by James Longacre, the obverse features a coronet-crowned portrait of Liberty, while the reverse displays a heraldic eagle. The denomination — five dollars in .900 fine gold — made the Half Eagle a workhorse of 19th-century American commerce, produced across multiple branch mints including Philadelphia, New Orleans, Carson City, San Francisco, and Denver.

Within numismatics, $5 Liberty Half Eagles occupy a central place in classic U.S. gold coinage. The series spans dozens of date-and-mintmark combinations, ranging from readily available issues to legitimately scarce branch-mint strikes. Most surviving examples grade in the Very Fine to Extremely Fine range, reflecting genuine circulation, while true Mint State (MS) specimens represent a smaller portion of the market. Collectors pursue the series by date, mintmark, or grade — and a complete set by date and mint is considered one of the landmark achievements in pre-1933 gold collecting.

On CoinDuffle, this category brings together $5 Liberty Half Eagles from multiple professional dealers, spanning a wide range of dates, mintmarks, and grades. Listings include circulated examples in grades from Fine through AU, as well as uncirculated and proof issues where available. Both raw and third-party certified (PCGS, NGC) coins appear across the inventory, making this page a broad resource for collectors building date sets, type collections, or simply seeking a specific issue.