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1907 $10 Indian. No Periods NGC MS67

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1907 $10 Indian. No Periods NGC MS67
<b>1907 &#36;10 Indian. No periods. NGC graded MS67.</b> NGC Pop: 16. Here is a coin that retains amazing amounts of the original mint freshness, with blazing luster throughout, and a nice spread of gold tones. The surfaces are the highlight here, for rarely does any 1907 survive in such superlative condition. Close examination will note a tiny tick or two, but without this, the grade would approach perfection. Only one tiny mark on Liberty&#39;s cheek, with the eagle amazing for its smooth bold features that are free of contact.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens&#39; &#34;Indian&#34; Head Eagles are an amalgam of his creative genius and the political realities of coin design. Read a little of Walter Breen&#39;s lively commentary on how this beautiful coin came about: &#34;For the new eagle design, Augustus St. Gaudens [sic] &#40;in consultation with Pres. Theodore Roosevelt&#41; decided to use not a standing figure but a head, feeling that the heroic effect of any standing figure, as chosen for the double eagle, would be lost in smaller diameter. The President disgusted beyond measure at what he called our &#39;atrociously hideous&#39; coinage, had asked St. Gaudens to design replacements.

The profile St. Gaudens chose originated in a figure of Nike &#40;&#39;Victory&#39;&#41;, part of his Gen. Sherman Monument &#40;1905&#41;, ultimately inspired by a Hellenistic Wingless Victory on the temple of Zeus Soter. at Pergamon. At Pres. Roosevelt&#39;s insistence, and for no other reason, St. Gaudens gave this head a nationalistic character by the absurd addition of a feathered war bonnet, such as neither Ms. Liberty nor any Native American woman would have ever worn.&#34;

SUPERB GEM 1907 INDIAN NO MOTTO EAGLE <b>&#40;PCGS # 8852&#41;</b> <i>
The Good River Collection.</i>

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