1805 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE

PCGS No: 8088

Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 33,183
Proofs: 0

Designer: Robert Scot

Diameter: ±25 millimeters

Metal content:
Gold - 91.7%
Silver and Copper - 8.3%

Weight: ±135 grains (8.748 grams)

Edge: Reeded

Mintmark: None (all dates of this type were struck at the Philadelphia mint)

Images courtesy of Hanks & Associates

Notes:
Copper, Tin, and Silver Restrikes of this date are known, some of which may have been made privately.

The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.

Significant examples:
Uncirculated (illustrated above).  Ex - the Rogers collection.

NGC MS-64 (illustrated below).  Ex - A-Mark Coin Co., March 16, 1978 - Bowers & Merena, Inc.'s "H.W, Bass, Jr." sale, Part II, October 1999, Lot 765 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 884, "Breen 3B, Rarity 4+", $21,850.00

PCGS MS-64.  ANR 07/2003:697, "Breen 3-B, B-6445, Rarity-4+", illustrated, $35,650.00

"Choice About Uncirculated".  Stack's 12/2003:960, $6,900.00, "Br.3-D (R-4)"

"About Uncirculated, or finer".  Stack's 12/2003:959, $8,625.00, "Br.3-B (R-5)"

Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63.  Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7209,"B-3", illustrated, sold for $11,212.00  Ex: Charles Ruby Collection (Superior, 2/74), lot 1792; Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection (Bowers & Merena, 10/99), lot 767, where it realied $17,250.00

NGC MS-62.  Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8932, "Unlisted in Breen, Miller-73", plated, sold for $8,625.00 From the Clyde Godfrey Collection 

PCGS MS-61.  Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 310, "Breen-1B, Wide Date", illustrated, sold for $7,475.00  Purchased from Kevin Lipton, March 16, 1978

PCGS AU-58.  Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 311, "Breen-3B, Close Date", illustrated, sold for $5,750.00  From Quality Sales Corporation's sale of the John A. Beck Collection, February 1976, Lot 367

AU-55.  Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 312, "Breen-3B, Close Date", illustrated, sold for $3,680.00  From Stack's sale of the Scanlon Collection, October 1971, Lot 2254

NGC AU-55.  Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 499, illustrated, not sold

NGC AU-55.  Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 213, illustrated, sold for $4,370.00

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen

"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service