1911 D GOLD QUARTER EAGLE - RARE KEY DATE
"INDIAN HEAD" GOLD PIECE OR "PRATT-BIGELOW" TWO-DOLLAR & FIFTY CENT COIN
CERTIFIED BY PCGS AU 58 "STRONG D"
OBV: NATIVE AMERICAN MALE IN HEADRESS LEFT; 6 STARS LEFT, SEVEN STARS RIGHT, "LIBERTY" ABOVE; DATE BELOW.
REV: AMERICAN BALD EAGLE LEFT PERCHED ON A BUNDLE OF ARROWS WITH AN OLIVE BRANCH IN ITS TALON; DENOMINATION BELOW.
THE COIN DESIGN FEATURES NO EDGE, WITH LEGENDS AND DEVICES SUNKEN IN RELIEF.
THERE WAS A CONCERN AT THE TIME BY THE PUBLIC THAT THE RECESSES OF THE COIN WOULD HARBOR GERMS, WHICH WAS UNFOUNDED.
TODAY THIS COIN IS CONSIDERED HIGHLY ARTISTIC IN DESIGN AND A PART OF THE RENIASSANCE OF AMERICAN COINAGE OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
THIS COIN TYPE WAS STRUCK FROM 1908-1915 AND 1925-1929.
CONTAINS 4.18 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.1209 OZ AGW)
18 MM IN DIAMETER
DENVER MINT
55,680 MINTED!
