Description
The $2.5 Gold Indian Head has one of the most unique designs United States coinage because the design and inscriptions are stamped in incuse, rather than being raised from the surface. Unlike coins with raised images, the flat surfaces are the highest points of the coin.
The obverse depicts a Native American head wearing a feathered headdress.
The reverse depicts a perched eagle with the inscriptions “E PLURIBUS UNUM” and “IN GOD WE TRUST“. Production of the half eagle was suspended during World War I and not resumed until 1929, the final year of issue.
It was designed by Bela Pratt.
The coin contains .12094 troy ounces of gold.
Minted at Philadelphia and Denver mints.
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