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Eagles: the $10 gold piece
An eagle is $10 gold. About 0.48 oz. Liberty Head, then Indian Head by Saint-Gaudens (not the $20). Common dates are gold-plus. The $20 is a double eagle.
An eagle is the United States $10 gold coin. About 0.4838 troy oz of gold. A double eagle is $20. People mix the words. US gold types.
Liberty Head eagles run most of the 19th century. The later Indian Head $10 (1907–1933) is Saint-Gaudens too — a different design from the walking Saint-Gaudens $20.
What a shop pays
Common dates: gold plus a type premium. Better dates and mint marks: collected. No-motto vs with-motto is a type split on some years. Mottos.
Weigh. Look. Do not clean. Don’t clean. Fake gold.
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