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Obverse of a 1929 Indian Head half eagle — the example in the Truman Collection at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, not the PCGS MS62 specimen the FLOAT constituent is priced on.
Photo: Wehwalt (public domain); coin in the Truman Collection, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

1929 Indian Head Half Eagle (Last Year)

Maker
U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
Year
1929
Rank
86 of 100

1929 Indian Head Half Eagle (Last Year)

1929 Indian Head Half Eagle (Last Year) by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1929) is ranked 86 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $33,600 on 5 May 2022. An overlooked key date — the last U.S. half eagle, with most of its mintage melted; a conditionally rare final-year type.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

An overlooked key date — the last U.S. half eagle, with most of its mintage melted; a conditionally rare final-year type.

$5 gold, Indian Head, final-year issue, PCGS MS62

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$33,600
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
5 May 2022

Heritage Auctions, May 5 2022. 1929 half eagle, PCGS MS62, realized $33,600 (also $38,775 in 2016, $37,600 in 2015 for MS62). The final U.S. half eagle date.

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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