1838 Liberty Head Eagle (First Year)
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Christian Gobrecht
- Year
- 1838
- Rank
- 42 of 100
1838 Liberty Head Eagle (First Year)
1838 Liberty Head Eagle (First Year) by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Christian Gobrecht (1838) is ranked 42 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $105,750. The inaugural year of the long-running Liberty Head eagle; a first-year-of-issue rarity in the series.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The inaugural year of the long-running Liberty Head eagle; a first-year-of-issue rarity in the series.
$10 gold, Liberty Head (Coronet), No Motto, first-year of type, PCGS AU
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $105,750
- Kind
- Realized at auction
Stack's Bowers Galleries, D. Brent Pogue Part IV. 1838 Liberty Head eagle realized $105,750. First year of the Coronet eagle type; mintage 7,200.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08