1908-S Indian Head Half Eagle
Indian Head Half Eagle · 1908-1929
- Year / Mint 1908 · S (San Francisco)
- Denomination $5
- Designer Bela Lyon Pratt
- Mintage 82,000
- Better dateScarce first-year San Francisco issue.
- Melt Value ~$1057.70
Estimate
Problem coins — cleaned, ex-jewelry, holed — trade near melt plus 3%.
Die Varieties
No die varieties recorded yet for this date.
Specifications
- Series Indian Head Half Eagle (1908-1929)
- Denomination $5
- Designer Bela Lyon Pratt
- Composition 90% gold
- Metal content 0.2419 oz fine gold — about $1050 at metal (melt) value as of 2026-09-10 metals.dev
- Weight 8.359 g
- Diameter 21.6 mm
- Edge Reeded
- Mintage 82,000
- Mint mark S
History
Mintage 82,000 from the source: "With a mintage of only 82,000 pieces, the 1908-S Indian half eagle features the third lowest mintage of the entire series.".
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