Value of 1911-S Indian Head $10 Gold

Value of 1911-S Motto Indian Head $10 Gold

In general the 1911-S Motto Indian Gold Eagle is sharply struck with most Mint State survivors exhibiting full definition throughout virtually the entire design. The only exception is along the lower left obverse border, where an area of semicircular roughness is often evident obscuring part of the detail to the digits 19 in the date. Luster quality is excellent and includes both softly frosted and satin examples, the former more prevalent. Most examples are noticeably abraded, although relatively smooth examples account for a significant percentage of the extant San Francisco Mint coin MS population.
Another low mintage mintmarked Indian eagle, the 1911-S was once considered akin to the 1911-D in terms of both absolute and condition rarity. During the 1970s, however, a small hoard of Mint State coins was discovered in Europe, with the result that the 1911-S is now more readily collectible. It remains scarce to rare in all grades, however, and even circulated coins can be challenging to locate. In Mint State this issue ranges from very scarce to rare, although many of the hoard coins have been certified MS-63 or finer resulting in the extant population being fairly evenly distributed throughout the MS-60 to MS-65 range. A small number of MS-66s are also known, the finest certified for the issue, and they include the Bentley Shores Collection specimen auctioned by Stack’s Bowers Galleries in August 2013.

The text on the Indian Gold Eagle reads as follows. Obverse: LIBERTY; Date. | Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; E PLURIBUS UNUM; TEN DOLLARS.

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