1831 $5 Small 5D
1832 $5 12 Stars

1831 $5 Large 5D (Regular Strike)

Series: Capped Bust $5 1807-1834

PCGS MS65+

PCGS MS65+

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REVERSE COMPARISON

REVERSE COMPARISON

PCGS MS64

PCGS MS64

PCGS #:
45296
Designer:
Robert Scot & John Reich
Edge:
Reeded
Diameter:
23.80 millimeters
Weight:
8.75 grams
Mintage:
140,594
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
91.7% Gold, 8.3% Copper
Auction Record:
$31,200 • AU Details • 11-26-2024 • Stack's Bowers
Major Varieties
Die Varieties

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 MS65+ PCGS grade

Nathan M. Kaufman Collection, before 1918 - Louis G. Kaufman, by descent, 1918 - L.G. Kaufman Endowment Fund (First National Bank of Marquette, trustee), 1927 - N.M. Kaufman Collection - RARCOA 8/1978:810 - Stack’s 10/1988:83 - Andy Lustig - Superior 5/1991:1380 (as PCGS MS65), $104,500 - Anthony Terranova - Larry Hanks, sold privately in 3/2002 - D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part IV - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 5/2016:4041, $235,000
2 MS64 PCGS grade

Stack’s 10/1990:1682 - Hutchinson Collection - Heritage 1/2017:5880, $211,500
3 Brilliant Uncirculated (Raw)

James A. Stack, Sr. Collection - Stack's 10/1994:1071, $19,800
4 MS62 PCGS grade

Abner Kreisberg, sold privately in the 1970s - Del Valle Collection - Goldbergs 1/2014:1781, $152,750
5 MS61 PCGS grade

Norweb Collection, Part I - Bowers & Merena 10/1987:781, $10,450 - Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr. Collection - Heritage 1/2012:4683, $80,500
#1 MS65+ PCGS grade

Nathan M. Kaufman Collection, before 1918 - Louis G. Kaufman, by descent, 1918 - L.G. Kaufman Endowment Fund (First National Bank of Marquette, trustee), 1927 - N.M. Kaufman Collection - RARCOA 8/1978:810 - Stack’s 10/1988:83 - Andy Lustig - Superior 5/1991:1380 (as PCGS MS65), $104,500 - Anthony Terranova - Larry Hanks, sold privately in 3/2002 - D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part IV - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 5/2016:4041, $235,000
#2 MS64 PCGS grade

Stack’s 10/1990:1682 - Hutchinson Collection - Heritage 1/2017:5880, $211,500
#3 Brilliant Uncirculated (Raw)

James A. Stack, Sr. Collection - Stack's 10/1994:1071, $19,800
#4 MS62 PCGS grade

Abner Kreisberg, sold privately in the 1970s - Del Valle Collection - Goldbergs 1/2014:1781, $152,750
#5 MS61 PCGS grade

Norweb Collection, Part I - Bowers & Merena 10/1987:781, $10,450 - Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr. Collection - Heritage 1/2012:4683, $80,500
David Akers (1975/88): The relative rarity of the two varieties of the 1831 is exactly reversed from the 1830. With the 1831, the Small 5D is much more rare than the Large 5D. Almost all 1831 Half Eagles I have seen were the Large 5D variety and I would say that the Small 5D variety is 3-4 times as rare as the Large 5D variety and also more rare than the 1830 Large 5D, the 1834 Crosslet 4, or even the 1832 Square Base 2, 13 Stars.