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The $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle remains one of the most recognized and historically meaningful series in American numismatics. Produced for nearly a century, it reflects important eras such as the Civil War, the Gilded Age, and the early 1900s. Each coin is struck in .900 fine gold and contains nearly a quarter ounce of gold, combining intrinsic worth with historical authenticity. This 1895 Liberty Half Eagle was struck in the midst of the Gilded Age in America and comes with a Mint State 63 certification. Right now, certified 1895 Pre-33 $5 Liberty Gold Half Eagle Coins are available from Bullion Metals.

Arrives in a plastic slab!57th year for Liberty Half Eagles!Total mintage of 1,345,855 coins at Philadelphia!Type II coins!Contains .242 troy oz of actual gold content.Bears a face value of $5 (USD) backed by the federal government.Issued a grade of Mint State 63 by the Professional Coin Grading Service or the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.Obverse includes Lady Liberty.Reverse features the heraldic eagle.Please note that your coin may be graded by either the PCGS or NGC.

57th year for Liberty Half Eagles!

Total mintage of 1,345,855 coins at Philadelphia!

Contains .242 troy oz of actual gold content.

Bears a face value of $5 (USD) backed by the federal government.

Issued a grade of Mint State 63 by the Professional Coin Grading Service or the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.

Reverse features the heraldic eagle.

Please note that your coin may be graded by either the PCGS or NGC.

Each 1895 Pre-33 $5 Liberty Gold Half Eagle coin available here comes in MS63 condition. Coins at this grade exhibit a rather attractive eye appeal, even with a slightly impaired mint luster. Common flaws include numerous small contact marks and a few heavier marks. Hairlines are also possible on the coin, appearing as either individual hairlines or as a singular, small patch.

The mid-1890s were a period of gradual economic recovery following the Panic of 1893, and gold coins of this era carry the historical weight of a nation working its way back to prosperity through the gold standard that the Liberty Half Eagle so elegantly represented. Philadelphia strikes of 1895 are generally well produced, with Longacre’s Liberty portrait showing crisp detail on better-preserved examples, and the mature reverse eagle rendered with the confident authority that defines the best Philadelphia gold of the period.

The reverse of the 1895 Pre-33 $5 Liberty Half Eagle Coin features a heraldic eagle with a shield, arrows, and olive branch. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA appears above, with FIVE D below. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST was added in 1866 following the Civil War.