1909-O Indian Head Half Eagle
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (New Orleans)
- Year
- 1909
- Rank
- 84 of 100
1909-O Indian Head Half Eagle
1909-O Indian Head Half Eagle by U.S. Mint (New Orleans) (1909) is ranked 84 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $690,000 in January 2011. The key date of the incuse Indian Head half eagle series and the only New Orleans issue of the type; a famous gold key.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The key date of the incuse Indian Head half eagle series and the only New Orleans issue of the type; a famous gold key.
$5 gold, Indian Head, O mintmark, PCGS MS66 (Jim O'Neal specimen)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $690,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- January 2011
Heritage Auctions, FUN Signature, January 2011. Jim O'Neal specimen, PCGS MS66, realized $690,000. Mintage 34,200; the series key. An AU58 brought ~$31,363.
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.
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