1911 $10 Indian Head Eagle PCGS AU58

A sizable, certified population makes this beautiful specimen quite affordable, and perfect to include in your collection as a type coin. Saint-Gaudens’ Indian Head Eagle is considered to have one of the most dramatic numismatic designs ever. PCGS has graded 1,430 as AU58 with 9,831 finer. Wouldn’t it be really great to have this piece in your collection?

Wrote President Roosevelt to Saint-Gaudens: "...is it possible to make a Liberty with that Indian feather head-dress? ... Would the feather headdress be any more out of keeping with the rest of Liberty than the canonical Phyrgian cap which is never worn by any free people in the world?"

 Saint-Gaudens took inspiration from the classical figure of Nike (Victory) when he drafted initial designs for a cent piece that was not developed further. This profile of Nike, bedecked with an olive wreath, became the obverse motif for this Eagle coin. Roosevelt saw Saint-Gaudens' design for the eagle, and was not happy with it. He made his feelings known--and offered an artistic suggestion--in a letter to him dated November 14, 1905. Wrote Roosevelt, "...is it possible to make a Liberty with that Indian feather head-dress? ... Would the feather headdress be any more out of keeping with the rest of Liberty than the canonical Phyrgian cap which is never worn by any free people in the world?"