Capped Bust Half Eagle Mintages

mintage

During the course of the broader series, the mintage levels for the Capped Bust Half Eagle spanned a wide range, from less than one thousand pieces to more than a quarter million. While these figures are interesting to study, the mintages by themselves are often of limited utility for determining the rarity of a particular issue. Extensive exportation and melting during this time result in survival rates which often bear little resemblance to the original production levels.

Estimates of pieces known have been used as the primary factor in determining the relative rarity of issues for this series. This is especially the case for the coins struck from 1828 to 1834. During this period, mintages were relatively high, often exceeding 100,000 pieces per year, however, every issue has fewer than 75 known surviving examples. This makes these pieces significantly scarcer than many of the lower mintage earlier dates.

The table below contains the mintage figures for each issue of the Capped Bust Half Eagle series from 1807 to 1834.

YearMintage
180751,605
180855,578
180933,875
1810100,287
181199,581
181258,087
181395,428
181415,454
1815635
181848,588
181951,723
1820263,806
182134,641
182217,796
182314,485
182417,340
182529,060
182618,069
182724,913
182828,029
182957,442
1830126,351
1831140,594
1832157,487
1833193,630
183450,141