1913 Indian Head Gold Half Eagle $5 PCGS MS-61

Author: Bella Lyon Pratt

Features:

• 1913 Indian Head Gold Half Eagle MS61 PCGS
• Condition: MS61 PCGS Certified
• Composition: .24187 Pure Gold (AU)
• Weight: .24187 troy ounce
• Diameter: 21.6mm Reeded Edge

Details: Along with the Double Eagle, Eagle and Quarter Eagle, this coin was part of President Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to invigorate America’s coinage. Bela Lyon Pratt’s Half Eagle design followed the same radical design approach he used for the Indian Head Quarter Eagle. Unlike traditional coin designs where all the design elements, as well as the rim, are in raised relief above a flat field, Pratt employed an incuse approach, in which the design elements are recessed below the surface. Because there is no raised rim the flat field is the highest surface on the coin. Produced at the Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans and Denver mints. This piece come in a mint state 61, and are certified by PCGS.