Columns (Reverses): Numbered unique reverses. Letters are McCloskey designations for each year.
Rows (Obverses): Unique obverses by McCloskey number.
Rarity shown as: R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7
Click a column or row header to see an image for the respective reverse or obverse. Click a colored rectangle to see obverse and reverse images and a description of the variety. John McCloskey (personal communication) provided rarity estimates for Philadelphia mint issues.
Philadelphia Mint Issues
Twenty-eight varieties described by John McCloskey (1989, Metcalf, ed., Gold Coinage in the Americas). Two addition varieties of 1835 (1-D, 2-D) were identified by Harry Bass and reported to McCloskey in 1989. An additional rare variety of 1836 (7-F) was discovered by McCloskey in the summer of 1996 and reported in the John Reich Collector's Society Journal (11/1, July 1997).
Branch Mint Issues
Doug Winter has written the authoritative books on Charlotte and Dahlonega gold coinage. Consult his website to purchase these references.
@ Mark S. Ghiorso, ClassicHalfEagles.com, December 2017
