Nearly Mint State $5 Indian Rarity The Indian Head design quarter eagles, half eagles, and eagles were, with a single exception, minted at Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. The one exception, of course, is the 1909 Indian half eagle coined at New Orleans. Total production for the issue was just 34,200 coins. Additionally, the issue…
Tied for Highest Graded Contrary to how this coin appears in our images, it’s colorful, vibrant and very attractive. The availability of the 1881 Morgan dollar steadily declines in succeeding grades finer than MS63, but it remains at least marginally available through MS66. Not so in MS67; at the Superb Gem level, the 1881 Morgan is…
Tied for Highest Graded David Akers offered a concise, two-sentence comment about the 1906 quarter eagle in his 1975 reference when he simply wrote, “A common date. Generally available in uncirculated condition or proof.” The statement holds true today, but with a disclaimer: In the highest grades such as this, the 1906 issue is distinctly…
Large Round The Panama-Pacific Exposition was authorized to sell up to 1,500 examples each of both the Round and Octagonal versions of the Pan-Pac fifties, and the Mint struck 1510 examples of the Round version, including 10 examples for the Assay Commission. Unfortunately, the high cost of the coins ($100 per coin) discouraged all but…
Flashy, Glowing Mint State This date saw a relatively small mintage of 16,013 pieces. Few examples were saved by contemporary collectors, as collecting high denomination gold coins was too expensive for the average collector in the 19th century. The coins circulated widely in the channels of commerce, suffering considerable attrition over the years, and the…
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