1889 GOLD $1 INDIAN HEAD NGC PROOF 65 CAMEO 1,779 MINTED

LONGACRE'S ONE DOLLAR GOLD PROOF "INDIAN PRINCESS HEAD"

LAST YEAR FOR TYPE

CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 65 CAMEO

OBV:  HEAD LEFT WITH FEATHERED HEADRESS.

REV: VALUE WITH DATE BENEATH CENTER AND ENCIRCLED BY A BOWED WREATH COMPOSED OF VARIOUS NATIVE FLORA.

THIS COIN IS BASED ON THE DESIGN BY JAMES B. LONGACRE (FOURTH CHIEF ENGRAVER OF THE U.S. MINT 1844-1869). DESCRIBED AS A "BROAD HEAD" OR "LARGE HEAD" VARIETY (TYPE-2) OF LONGACRE'S GOLD ONE-DOLLAR DESIGN, AND KNOWN WIDELY AS AN "INDIAN PRINCESS" OR "INDIAN HEAD", THIS COIN DESIGN WAS USED BETWEEN 1856 AND 1889 (ALTHOUGH, GOLD DOLLARS REMAINED IN CIRCULATION UNTIL PRIVATE OWNERSHIP WAS MADE ILLEGAL IN THE 1930'S). PROOFS, ALL LOW MINTAGE FOR EACH YEAR, WERE MINTED AT THE PHILADELPHIA MINT.

CONTAINS 1.6720 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.0484 OZ AGW)

15 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 1,779 MINTED!