Lot 2161
1911 $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-63. Well struck. Frosty and untoned. When Bela Lyon Pratt's new Indian head motif was launched upon the American waters in 1908, the public was shocked (to put it mildly). Never before in American numismatics had a coin designer broken with tradition in such a overt way as did Pratt. For what Pratt did was to recess the design below the surface of the coin!
Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400.
The Greenhill Collection.
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| Realized $2,530 |
