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1907 $10 Indian Head Eagle, no Motto NGC MS60

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Very collectible example of Saint-Gaudens' stunning masterwork, the Indian Head Eagle. NGC has graded 181 of this issue as MS60, with 6,663 finer.

 

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Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade was led by American Indian chiefs. He employed the motif of the Indian feather headdress on Saint-Gaudens' $10 Eagle coin. Roosevelt spoke eloquently in a memorial speech honoring Saint-Gaudens after his passing.

After his death, Theodore Roosevelt honored Augustus Saint-Gaudens as an artist and friend by saying in a 1908 memorial speech that his double eagle and eagle were “more beautiful than any coins since the days of the Greeks, and they achieve their striking beauty because Saint-Gaudens not only possessed a perfect mastery in the physical address of his craft, but also a daring and original imagination.”

In a thank you letter to Roosevelt, Saint-Gaudens’ widow, Augusta, wrote, “Such a tribute from you would, I know, have meant much to him especially the recognition of his labor on the coins into which he put his whole heart. Your presence with Mrs. Roosevelt gave to the memorial a character and meaning which without you it could not have happened and I hardly know how to thank you both for this expression of your friendliness now that he is gone.”

 

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PCGS # 8852
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Numeric Denomination $10
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