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1822 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: None
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 17,796
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert Scot & John
Reich
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, Pennsylvania Mint)
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Images courtesy of the National
Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution
Known examples (3):
1. Smithsonian
2. Smithsonian
3. Eliasberg
Notes:
Only three examples of this date are known. None of the three have been
graded yet by PCGS.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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