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[L#0986] 1911-D $2.50 PCGS MS65

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[L#0986] 1911-D $2.50 PCGS MS65
Lightning-bolt frosty mint luster and its rich, variegated golden color with coppery gold as the base tone (U.S. gold pieces back then were struck using an alloy of 90% gold with 10% copper for hardening, the copper imparted a slightly reddish tint to our gold coins.) This landmark issue, scarcest in the entire 15-coin Indian quarter eagle series, is only now and then found in Mint State 65. A nicely struck example, it exhibits fine detail to all the high points, in fact, needle-sharp relief in all elements, whether they be the feathers in the headdress, the ruffled front of the headdress, or the feathers in the poised eagle on the reverse.