1911 Pre-33 $5 Indian Gold Half Eagle Coin (XF)

Description

1911 Pre-33 $5 Indian Gold Half Eagle Coin (XF)

The $5 Indian Half Eagle Gold Coin is one of the most unique specimens in US Mint history. When the coin was first struck by the US Mint in 1907, it became the first-ever incuse struck specimen in American history. Incuse struck coins feature a design element that is struck into the surface of the coin, sunken down, rather than engraved onto the surface in 3D relief. Right now, 1911 Pre–33 $5 Indian Gold Half Eagle coins in Extremely Fine condition are available.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in protective plastic!
• 4th issue of the Indian Gold Half Eagle Coin!
• Total mintage of just over 2.4 million coins!
• Offered in Extremely Fine condition!
• Contains .242 Troy oz of actual gold content.
• Bears a face value of $5 (USD) backed by the federal government.
• Obverse features a left-profile bust of an indigenous figure.
• Reverse depicts the American bald eagle.

Each 1911 Pre-33 $5 Indian Gold Half Eagle Coin available here arrive with protective plastic. These coins, which are more than 110 years old, remain in Extremely Fine condition. Coins with this condition typically showcase light wear patterns only on the higher relief points of the coin. It is possible for some specimens to maintain some traces of the mint luster.

Introduced in 1907, the $5 Indian Half Eagle was produced by the United States Mint annually until the eve of the nation’s entrance into World War I. Following the 1916 release, the coins would only be struck five subsequent times in 1920, 1926, 1930, 1932, and 1933. The 1911 release totaled more than 2.4 million coins, with the San Francisco Mint issuing the largest number of coins and the Denver Mint producing the fewest.

In the obverse design of the 1911 Pre-33 Indian Gold Half Eagle Coin, you will find the left-profile bust of an indigenous figure. This design by Bela Lyon Pratt was the first of an indigenous figure to grace American coins and one of the earliest indigenous portraits to feature on American currency overall.

For the reverse side of 1911 $5 Indian Half Eagle Coins, Pratt created the image of an American bald eagle. Balancing power and peace in his design, Pratt shows the eagle in left-profile relief with its wings at its sides as it sits perched on a sheaf of arrows. An olive branch is wrapped around the sheaf of arrows to offset the symbol of military might with one of peace.

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