Lot 1317
1913 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely rich golden toning on both sides. Well struck. Yellow-rose in color, the surfaces exhibit eye-stopping frosty definition. All minute detail fully evident on this bold 1913, as well, due to a full sharp blow by the dies. The coin is a first-class Gem.
When Bela Lyon Pratt's new Indian head motif was launched in 1908, it's arrival caused a lot of social commentary. Never before in American numismatics had a coin designer broken with tradition in such an overt way as did Pratt. For what he did was to recess the design below the surface of the coin! Also, Pratt chose to honor a real American Indian, not some Greek goddess coiffed in an incongruous headdress. His design for the Indian $5 helped to propel American coin design into the World Class league. Pop 52; 1 finer in 66. (PCGS # 8525) .
Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000.
The Mark Gordon Collection.
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