1916-S $5 Indian Head Half Eagle
~$2,900
San Francisco mint · Indian Head · 0.24187 oz AGW · pre-1933
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1916-S $5 Indian Head Half Eagle
Did you know
The design is sunk down into the coin instead of raised up. In 1909 a coin dealer warned the President that the sunken lines would collect dirt and spread disease.
What's on it
Front: a Native American man in a feathered war bonnet. Back: a standing eagle. Both are carved below the flat surface, like a footprint.
When it was made
Struck from 1908 to 1916, the years when cars and electric light were spreading fast. Then one last year: 1929, when the Great Depression began.
The San Francisco mint
San Francisco opened in 1854 to turn Gold Rush gold into coins. Its S is the oldest mint mark still in use.
- Struck
- 1916 · San Francisco mint
- Metal
- 0.24187 troy oz gold
- Melt
- $1,051.53 at $4,347.50/oz · 2026-09-21
- Grade
- MS-61
- Size
- 21.6mm across · 1.8mm thick
- Premium over metal
- +176%
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Valued 2026-09-21 · silver $66.19/oz · gold $4,347.50/oz
Good-faith estimate at spot, not a formal appraisal.