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$10 Gold/$20 Gold
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HOICE
U
NC
1910-D
1945
1910-D
.
NGC graded MS-65
. Well struck and untoned.
Wonderful lustrous surfaces are flourishing with gem qual-
ity gold and iridescent brilliance. Exceptional detail for the
date. This includes all reverse details present, indeed some-
thing reaching "full strike" can be said. Fully struck coins of
this year and mint are elusive.
Pop 182; 47 finer, 2 in
65+, 33 in 66, 5 in 66+, 7 in 67.
(
PCGS # 8866
)
The Census for 1910 reported the U.S. population as
91,972,266. An obscure British music-hall performer with a
French kick toured the U.S. with a pantomime troupe this
year, and appeared in a vaudeville act billed as "Karno's
Wow Wows." His name: Charlie Chaplin.
Estimated Value .........................................$7,000 - 7,500
1946
1910-D
.
PCGS graded MS-64
. Frosty and untoned, A gold,
mint-fresh example, as crisp and glossy, and almost as choice
as when it was first released from to the Treasury for distribu-
tion. There is one tiny mark on the chin, another on the right
leg of the eagle, some more minor abrasions on the forward
wing, all really minor. So ends the discussion of the luster. Now
on to the detail. This piece is not just close to, but completely
and well struck, with terrific detail at the eagle for a D-mint
Indian ten in this grade. (
PCGS # 8866
)
Estimated Value ..............................................$1,500 - 1,600
1947
1910-S
.
ICG graded MS-62
. Hint of light gold tone and a lus-
trous example from this Western branch mint. Indian $10 gold
pieces featurinig the motto IN GOD WE TRUST were struck
from 1908 until 1933. Many were later retrieved by the govern-
ment from bank, Federal Reserve Bank, and Treasury vaults and
melted in 1934-37, however.
Estimated Value ..............................................$2,500 - 2,600
1948
1910-S
.
PCGS graded AU-55
. Lightly toned. Lustrous.
(
PCGS # 8867
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $900 - 950
1949
1911
.
NGC graded MS-63
. Well struck, frosty with light gold
tone. A very presentable coin. (
PCGS # 8868
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $800 - 850
S
CARCE
1913-S $10 I
NDIAN
1950
1913-S
.
NGC graded MS-62
. Frosty and untoned. Only
66,000 minted. Pleasingly bright and lustrous, both sides
are naturally colored in reddish-gold hues. A weak impres-
sion was sometimes left by the rebound of the (possibly
dilapidated) dies that struck this year’s coinage, but we are
delighted to say that this specimen is well struck on all
devices, very well indeed. Soft satin luster throughout that
is free from marks. Were it not for two minor tics around
Liberty’s eye, the entire coin would be devoid of noticeable
contact signs. With an original mintage so low, the 1913-S
is one of the rarest dates of the Indian Head Eagle series. It
is scarce in any grade, but particularly important and desir-
able in Mint quality like the present offering.
Pop 27; 19
finer
. (
PCGS # 8874
)
Background: Augustus Saint-Gaudens'familiarly named
"Indian" Head Eagles are more properly his creative talent
having to produce a design suited to the political realities
caused by Presidential interference. For the 1907-33 eagle
design, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (in consultation with Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt) decided to use not a standing
figure, which the artist preferred, but a Liberty head, the
President feeling that the heroic effect of any standing fig-
ure, as chosen for the Double Eagle, might be lost in
smaller diameter. The Saint-Gaudens 1907 No Motto (and
later With Motto) designs were revised by Chief Engraver
Charles E. Barber from the earlier Rolled Edge and Wire
Edge pieces after the artist's death in Aug. 1907. Barber
was forced to do this to improve quality and die life in order
for the Mint’s high-speed production coining presses to
operate properly. It is Barber’s final interpretation that we
see on this lustrous 1913-S $10 gold rarity.
Estimated Value .................................... $10,000 - 11,000
