United States 1905 2-1/2 dollars

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue is a late date of a type issued 1840-1907. Despite the modest mintage, the coin is readily available as it circulated little, currency having superseded gold for large transactions. No branch mint issues exist between the 1879-S and the 1915-D.

Specification: 4.18 g, 0.900 fine gold, 18 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Recorded mintage: 317,944.

Catalog reference: KM 72.

Sources:

• Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1904 20 dollars
• 1905 5 cents
• 1905 gold dollar "Lewis and Clark"
• 1905 10 dollars
• 1905-S 10 dollars
• 1915 2½ dollars
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to United States Liberty Head Quarter Eagles (1840-1907)