Q. David Bowers
(Also see preceding listing)
Authorization date: April 13, 1904
Date on coins: 1905
Date when coins were actually minted: 1905
Mint used: Philadelphia
Maximum quantity authorized: 250,000 (total for 1904- and 1905-dated coins)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 35,041
Assay coins (included in above): 41
Quantity melted: 25,000
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 10,041
Standard original packaging: Some mounted in spoons, brooches, and stick pins
Official sale price: $2 (some at $2.50), sold by at least one vendor in quantity at $10 for six pieces
Interesting facts: Very little is known concerning how the 1905 Lewis and Clark gold dollars were distributed and how many reached the hands of people who saved them. This issue is much rarer than the distribution figure indicates.
(average market prices)
1910 MS-60 to 63 $2.25
1915 MS-60 to 63 $3
1920 MS-60 to 63 $4.50
1925 MS-60 to 63 $7
1930 MS-60 to 63 $12
1935 MS-60 to 63 $12
1936 (summer) MS-60 to 63 $13
1940 MS-60 to 63 $17
1945 MS-60 to 63 $45
1950 MS-60 to 63 $45
1955 MS-60 to 63 $120
1960 MS-60 to 63 $225
1965 MS-60 to 63 $400
1970 MS-60 to 63 $320
1975 MS-60 to 63 $960
1980 MS-60 to 63 $5,500
1985 MS-60 to 63 $2,250
1986 MS-60 $1,200, MS-63 $2,375, MS-64 $3,250, MS-65 $6,250
1990 (spring) MS-60 $1,400, MS-63 $5,200, MS-64 $14,000, MS-65 $40,000
1990 (December) MS-60 $1,600, MS-63 $4,000, MS-64 $9,250, MS-65 $21,000