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Why add the 1909-D Indian Head $5 Gold Half Eagle NGC MS64 Green Label to your collection?
This 1909-D Indian Head $5 Gold Half Eagle coin earned the stellar Mint State 64 (MS64) grade from the experts at Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). This example also features NGC’s Green Label which was the product of a collaboration between the grading company and one of the leading numismatic distributors in the United States, Rare Coin Company of America (RARCOA).
- The coin qualified for NGC’s Green Label which is only given to coins of exceptional quality.
- The coin was struck at the Denver Branch of the U.S. Mint on a 90% gold planchet.
- The issue has a mintage of 3,423,560.
- Designer Bela Lyon Pratt was a sculptor from Boston.
Innovative Bela Lyon Pratt Incuse Design
Obverse: The obverse of the coin features a Native American Chief in left profile wearing a ceremonial headdress. The design was struck below the fields of the coin.
Reverse: The reverse of the coin features a bald eagle standing on a bundle of arrows. At the tip of the arrows is the iconic “D” mint mark.
MS64 with Green Label!
Mint State 64 coins are the strike of the coin tends to get significantly better. Eye appeal and mint luster tends to be very attractive in this grade. There are some small, easily overlooked contact marks at this level. To earn the right to bear NGC’s Green Label, examples first are identified by a team at RARCOA along a set of guidelines pertaining to strike, luster, eye-appeal, and toning, before also being submitted to NGC and undergoing their exacting grading process.
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