1908 Gold Half-Eagle 5 Dollar – Indian Head

The 1908 Gold Half-Eagle 5 Dollar - Indian Head

USA Gold Half Eagle $5 coin. 0.900 fine gold (about 21.6 carats). Diameter 21.60mm, weighs 8.35g.

These coins were minted between 1908 and 1929. In 1908, coins were minted in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. Proof also issued

Obverse, designed by Bela Lyon Pratt, is a Native American head wearing a feathered headdress surrounded with 13 stars and the text LIBERTY. Date below and designers initials (BLP) just above date.

Edge is reeded.

Reverse is a perched eagle. Legend is "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" with text "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and "IN GOD WE TRUST". Denomination below in text "FIVE DOLLARS". Mint mark (if present) is to the left of the perch. No mint mark indicates Philadelphia Mint.

Coin shown is the 1908 coin, minted in Philadelphia.

Image credit: The Royal Mint

Mintage: 577,800 (may include coins in sets)
Proof Mintage: 167
Minted at US Mint - Philadelphia.

Monarch is Edward VII. Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) is replaced as Prime Minister by H. H. Asquith (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Manchester United secure the Football League First Division title The first major trophy. 1908 Summer Olympics held at the White City Stadium, London. American-born Samuel F. Cody makes the first powered fixed-wing aircraft flight in Britain. Kenneth Grahame publishes The Wind in the Willows. First issue of The Magnet, featuring a story of Greyfriars School by Frank Richards.