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Indian Head gold: the $2.50 and $5 with the headdress
1908–1929 quarter eagles and half eagles. Incuse design. Real gold. Common dates track gold plus a type premium. Weigh and look. Fakes exist.
Indian Head gold is the $2.50 and $5 from 1908–1929. The design is incuse — sunk into the coin, not raised. That is Pratt. It is not a mint error.
These are .900 gold. The $2.50 holds about 0.1209 oz. The $5 holds about 0.2419 oz. US gold types. Pre-33 vs Eagles. Quarter eagle. Half eagle.
What we do
Weigh. Look at the incuse fields. Look at the date and mint. Common dates are gold plus a type number. 1911-D $2.50 is the date people actually hunt. A slick common $5 is not a 1911-D.
Jewelry mounts ate a lot of these. A soldered rim is a jewelry $5, not a collector $5.
Fakes exist. Fake gold. Bring it. Do not polish the incuse. Don’t clean.