1897 $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle Gold Coin

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Liberty Head half eagles were designed by Christian Gobrecht, who also designed many other coins of the era, including Liberty Seated coinage. $5 Liberty Head half eagles weigh 8.359 grams and feature a composition consisting of 90 percent gold and 10 percent copper. That provides a net pure gold weight of 0.24187 ounces. In 1839 and 1840, the diameter of the $5 half eagle was 22.5 millimeters. By the end of the year 1840, the diameter of the coin was reduced to 21.6 millimeters, making it roughly as large as a modern-day 5-cent nickel.

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