Five Dollar Indians Price Guide
The $5 Half Eagle Indian Head design by Bela Lyon Pratt, was key in the realization of President Theodore Roosevelt’s renaissance of American coinage. This new design was an innovative departure from previous Half Eagles, with an incuse design struck “into” rather than “onto” the planchet, with no raised edges. The obverse features a stoic Indian chief surrounded by 13 small stars and inscription “Liberty” along with the date. The reverse features a proud bald eagle with a cluster of arrows and an olive branch beneath the talons, symbolic of war and peace, with four inscriptions within and around the eagle motif. This new design was not immediately accepted by the public, because of concerns about dirt and germs getting caught in the coin crevasses, spreading disease, which was false. The Gold Indian design, also on the Quarter Eagle, would endure on American coins in the early 20th Century, until the Gold Recall Act by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. Indian Head Half Eagles were issued annually from 1908 through 1916, when production was suspended for 13 years, resuming for one last hurrah in 1929 before the series ended for good in the face of the Great Depression.
$5 Indians | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
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1908 | $1,060 | $1,130 | $2,040 | ![]() |
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1908 Proof | $8,560 | $10,840 | $16,710 | $32,500 | $57,580 |
1908 D | ![]() |
$1,310 | $2,280 | $4,060 | $30,880 |
1908 S | $7,610 | $10,210 | $14,240 | $15,280 | $25,030 |
1909 | $1,000 | $1,090 | $1,940 | $3,560 | $12,310 |
1909 Proof | $9,060 | $11,060 | $17,880 | $31,880 | $60,410 |
1909 D | $860 | $900 | ![]() |
$2,210 | ![]() |
1909 O | $36,080 | $57,850 | $115,050 | $182,250 | $585,000 |
1909 S | $7,440 | $10,690 | $15,410 | $26,660 | $69,230 |
1910 | $1,000 | $1,090 | $2,090 | $4,030 | $12,060 |
1910 Proof | $9,530 | $12,190 | $22,430 | $29,580 | $64,130 |
1910 D | $1,160 | $1,590 | $3,940 | $12,250 | $37,380 |
1910 S | $1,970 | $4,940 | $12,840 | $38,480 | $84,380 |
1911 | $1,000 | $1,090 | $1,840 | $3,940 | $18,660 |
1911 Proof | $9,840 | $11,060 | $17,880 | $26,560 | $50,630 |
1911 D | $10,400 | $18,530 | $42,250 | $80,330 | $371,250 |
1911 S | $1,410 | $2,280 | $5,920 | $19,830 | $58,730 |
1912 | $1,000 | $1,090 | ![]() |
$3,840 | ![]() |
1912 Proof | $9,690 | $10,940 | $16,580 | $27,950 | $53,330 |
1912 S | $3,160 | $8,220 | $20,440 | $40,950 | $292,500 |
1913 | $1,070 | ![]() |
$1,940 | ![]() |
$12,840 |
1913 Proof | $10,160 | $11,440 | $17,880 | $27,630 | $53,330 |
1913 S | ![]() |
$6,440 | $14,630 | $30,230 | $130,280 |
1914 | $1,150 | $1,380 | $2,410 | $4,060 | $17,890 |
1914 Proof | $10,720 | $12,190 | $19,960 | $29,580 | $61,760 |
1914 D | $1,060 | $1,220 | $3,310 | ![]() |
$18,560 |
1914 S | $3,060 | $5,620 | $11,210 | $48,430 | $168,750 |
1915 | $1,040 | $1,220 | $2,030 | $4,280 | ![]() |
1915 Proof | $12,060 | $14,060 | $21,130 | $32,180 | $72,230 |
$5 Indians | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
1915 S | $4,590 | $9,720 | ![]() |
$68,580 | $132,980 |
1916 S | $1,840 | $3,030 | ![]() |
$10,170 | $50,630 |
1929 | $33,150 | ![]() |
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$50,640 | $117,000 |
Type | $860 | $900 | ![]() |
$2,210 | ![]() |
Proof Type | $8,220 | $10,840 | $16,580 | $26,560 | $50,630 |