1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar Value
Depending on how well it survived, a 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.
1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar value by grade
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Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
Current 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar value
The market for the 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar is driven by condition above all.
1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1834
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Gold
- Weight
- 4.174 g
- Diameter
- 18 mm
The missing mint mark, explained
No mint mark is the mark here: the 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar comes from the main Philadelphia Mint, which left its coins unlettered in this era. The position where branch mints placed their letter (varies by series) is simply blank.
What makes the 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar valuable
There is history in a 1834 United States Coinage as well. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. That backdrop keeps the series among the most actively collected in American numismatics.
For the 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.
1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar inscriptions & design
Obverse
************* (date)
coronet head of Liberty l.
Reverse
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 2 1/2 D.
eagle facing, head l.
Measured 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar specimens
4 physically measured 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 4.174 g, 18 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar #1 | 4.172 g | 18 mm | 6 h | Friedberg.USA.110, Breen.6140 |
| 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar #2 | 4.177 g | 18 mm | - | Friedberg.USA.110, Breen.6138 |
| 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar #3 | 4.366 g | 18 mm | 6 h | Breen.1, Breen.Encyclopedia.6137, Bass-Dannreuther.BD-1, Garrett-Guth.p.53 |
| 1834 United States 2 1/2 Dollar #4 | 4.174 g | 18 mm | 6 h | Breen.Encyclopedia.6140 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.