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1908 $5 MS66 PCGS. 1908 was the last year that two dif

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1908 $5 MS66 PCGS. 1908 was the last year that two dif
<B>1908 $5 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> 1908 was the last year that two different designs of the same gold denomination were issued for circulation. The Liberty type, the last stand of Gobrecht's once-ubiquitous motifs, was phased out in favor of Bela Lyon Pratt's incused Indian design. The reverse was similar to Saint-Gaudens' Indian eagle, but the neck was better proportioned, and the two mottos (IN GOD WE TRUST and E PLURIBUS UNUM) were switched, a necessity due to the width of PLURIBUS.<BR> This boldly impressed and nicely lustrous piece is attractively preserved, since the only apparent imperfection is a hair-thin graze through the inner point of star 3. Population: 16 in 66, 1 finer (10/06).<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)