1907 $10 No Motto MS 66

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Razor sharp eagle’s feathers! This was a big year for U.S. gold coins. This was the year that world renown sculptor, Augustus St, Gaudens, at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, changed the design of our two biggest gold coins…the $10 and $20 pieces. The results were two coins generally considered the most beautiful coins the United States Mint has ever produced! …the 1907 “High Relief” $20 St. Gaudens and the $10 Indian. It’s somewhat of a misnomer to call the $10 an “Indian” as the design is actually Ms. Liberty wearing an Indian headdress. Either way, it’s a spectacular coin…and one of our most important Gold coins. The “$10 Indian” was minted from 1907 to 1933. For the first two years, most of the $10 gold coins did not have the motto, “In God We Trust” on the coins. Every other coin included this motto. After a public outrage, the motto was put back on the coins. For the $10 Indian, this created an important “two-year-only” 20th Century gold type coin. This is a spectacular example of this important gold rarity. The strike is so sharp, you might be able to shave on the eagle’s feathers…the color is out-of-this-world iridescent gold. This one of the best No Motto $10 Indians we’ve ever handled. To give you an idea of the importance of this issue, the auction price record is $176,250 in July, 2013