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1822 GOLD HALF EAGLE


The   1822 half eagle, is  the greatest rarity of all U.S. coins although not as famous as the 1804 Silver Dollar. Only three specimens exist today, with two permanently impounded in the Smithsonian Institution. This coin last appeared at public auction in 1982, when it realized an astonishing $687,500 in the "Louis Eliasberg Sale."

 
Circulation strikes: 17,796
Proofs: 0
Diameter:
25 millimeters
Metal content:

Gold - 91.7%
Silver and Copper - 8.3%
Weight:
135 grains (8.748 grams)
Edge:
Reeded
Mintmark:
None (all dates of this type were struck at the Philadelphia mint)
Designer:
Robert Scot & John Reich

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1822 Half Eagle
... 1822 FIVE DOLLARS OR HALF EAGLE. Mintage: Circulation strikes: 17,796 Proofs: 0.
Designer: Robert Scot & John Reich. Diameter: 25 millimeters. Metal content: Gold ...

Pedigrees & Numsimatics - Douglas Winter Numismatics
... million. The highlights of the sale were the unique 1870-S Three Dollar gold piece
and the excessively rare 1822 Half Eagle, both of which realized $687,500. ...

Coinzine - the online gold and rare coins magazine
... and the 1822 Half Eagle (later sold in the Louis Eliasberg collection in 1982 for
$687,500), the Dunham collection contained the following: and 1875 Gold Proof ...

Capped Head Half Eagles 1813-34
... equal to 1828/7 in rarity, trailing only the 1822 and 1825/4 pieces. ... Miller, Robert
W. Sr., United States Half Eagle Gold Coins 1795 to 1834, BC.& C ...

1813 CAPPED HEAD, LARGE, HALF EAGLE
... Founding Fathers had undervalued gold coinage in relation to ... rarities -- notably the
1822, of which just three ... mintage. The 1815 half eagle has the series ...

1813-34 Half Eagle Capped Head Liberty
... rarity, trailing only the 1822 and 1825/4 ... and on the eagle's wings and claws ... series,
Capped Head half eagles are generally ... fineness of US gold coins. More than ...

Coin Gallery Online - 1822 Half Eagle
... portion. This $5 gold coin, or "Half Eagle" as the denomination is often called,
is the only one still in private hands. A total of three 1822 Half Eagles are ...

1822 Half Eagle
... 1822 FIVE DOLLARS OR HALF EAGLE. Mintage: Circulation strikes: 17,796 Proofs: 0.
Designer: Robert Scot & John Reich. Diameter: 25 millimeters. Metal content: Gold ...

Pedigrees & Numsimatics - Douglas Winter Numismatics
... million. The highlights of the sale were the unique 1870-S Three Dollar gold piece
and the excessively rare 1822 Half Eagle, both of which realized $687,500. ...

Coinzine - the online gold and rare coins magazine
... and the 1822 Half Eagle (later sold in the Louis Eliasberg collection in 1982 for
$687,500), the Dunham collection contained the following: and 1875 Gold Proof ...

Capped Head Half Eagles 1813-34
... equal to 1828/7 in rarity, trailing only the 1822 and 1825/4 pieces. ... Miller, Robert
W. Sr., United States Half Eagle Gold Coins 1795 to 1834, BC.& C ...


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