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Melt value, today
Liberty Half Eagle ($5 Gold)
$1,052
0.24187 oz gold × $4,347.50/oz gold spot
SPOT $4,347.50/oz gold · 2026-09-21
A Liberty Head $5 gold piece holds the same 0.24187 oz of gold as an Indian Head half eagle: the earlier design.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
Melt
$1,052
2026-09-21
Common-date retail
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A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- Common late dates trade closest to melt of the $5 gold types. Early and branch-mint dates are a different, more specialized market.
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Related series
Indian Head Half Eagle ($5 Gold)Quarter Eagle ($2.50 Gold)Indian Head Gold Eagle ($10 Gold)Liberty Gold Eagle ($10 Gold)
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