1835 United States 5 Dollar Value

The 1835 United States 5 Dollar carries a current retail range of about its melt value to well into four figures across circulated and Mint State grades. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.

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1835 United States 5 Dollar value by grade

1835 United States 5 Dollar value by grade
GradeEstimated value

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 1835 United States 5 Dollar value

Pricing for the 1835 United States 5 Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.

1835 United States 5 Dollar specifications

Series
United States Coinage
Year
1835
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Gold
Weight
8.344 g
Diameter
22 mm

Reading a coin with no mint mark

The 1835 United States 5 Dollar comes from Philadelphia, which struck coins without a mint mark. If the spot where branch-mint coins show a letter is empty on your 1835, that is exactly as it should be.

What makes the 1835 United States 5 Dollar valuable

Documented examples of the 1835 United States 5 Dollar in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.

Context adds the final layer to the 1835 United States 5 Dollar. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.

1835 United States 5 Dollar inscriptions & design

Obverse

***************** (date)

classic head l.

Reverse

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 D.

eagle, head l.

Measured 1835 United States 5 Dollar specimens

3 physically measured 1835 United States 5 Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 8.344 g, 22 mm minting standard.

Measured 1835 United States 5 Dollar specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1835 United States 5 Dollar #18.383 g22 mm-Friedberg.USA.135, Breen.6504
1835 United States 5 Dollar #28.344 g22 mm-Friedberg.USA.135, Breen.6505
1835 United States 5 Dollar #38.344 g22 mm-Friedberg.USA.135, Breen.6506

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.