US 1893 Columbian $5 'Columbus'
- Maker
- United States (USPOD)
- Year
- 1893
- Rank
- 37 of 100
US 1893 Columbian $5 'Columbus'
US 1893 Columbian $5 'Columbus' by United States (USPOD) (1893) is ranked 37 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It carried a price-guide value of $7,500 on 1 January 2026, which is not a sale. The crown of America's first commemorative set — the $5 black Columbian is the most coveted single of the 1893 series.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The crown of America's first commemorative set — the $5 black Columbian is the most coveted single of the 1893 series.
Scott 245, $5 black, portrait of Columbus; the crown of the 16-value Columbian set; MNH
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $7,500
- Kind
- Price-guide value, not a sale
- Date
- 1 January 2026
Scott catalogue: used ~$1,200-1,400; mint-NH ~$7,000-7,500. Guide-value (no clean dated single realized figure isolated).
This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind 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