United States 1915 5 dollars
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This type was issued from Philadelphia (shown here), Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco 1908-16 and 1929. Its depiction of an Indian chief, along with the matching 2½ dollars, has long made it popular with collectors. There is, however, little evidence that it circulated much at the time, currency already being preferred. The United States exited the gold standard in 1933, the last major nation to do so, and the coin has not circulated since. This date is common.
Recorded mintage: 588,075.
Specification: 8.36 g, 0.900 fine gold, .241 troy oz AGW, 21.6 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-148, KM 129.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
- Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
- Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
Link to:
- 1912 5 dollars
- 1915 cent
- 1915 2½ dollars
- 1915-S half dollar, Panama-Pacific Exposition
- 1915-S gold dollar, Panama-Pacific Exposition
- 1915-S 2½ dollars, Panama-Pacific Exposition
- 1915 10 dollars
- 1915 20 dollars
- 1915-S 20 dollars
- 1915-S 50 dollars, Panama-Pacific Exposition, round
- 1915-S 50 dollars, Panama-Pacific Exposition, octagonal
- Coins and currency dated 1915
- return to United States Indian Head Half Eagles (1908-1929)