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Indian Eagles
1908 $10 No Motto MS66+ PCGS. The motto was added to most denominations shortly after the Civil War, including the ten and twenty dollar gold pieces. When those denominations were redesigned, President Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens were of a like mind that it was wrong, or even sacrilegious, to mention God on a monetary medium that could possibly be used for untoward purposes. Congress disagreed, and in May of 1908 passed legislation making the motto mandatory on gold and silver coinage.
Only a small quantity of No Motto eagles were struck in 1908 before the new design was implemented -- 210,000 pieces by the Denver Mint, and just 33,500 pieces at the Philadelphia Mint. This high-end Premium Gem is one of the few high-grade Uncirculated P-Mint representatives of the final-year No Motto type. Satiny rich-gold surfaces display orange and olive-gold overtones amid pervasive mint luster. The sharp surfaces show minimal signs of contact or marks of any kind, save for a tiny planchet flake near the left reverse rim. Population: 12 in 66 (2 in 66+), 5 finer (11/16).
1908 $10 No Motto MS66+ PCGS. The motto was added to most denominations shortly after the Civil War, including the ten and twenty dollar gold pieces. When those denominations were redesigned, President Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens were of a like mind that it was wrong, or even sacrilegious, to mention God on a monetary medium that could possibly be used for untoward purposes. Congress disagreed, and in May of 1908 passed legislation making the motto mandatory on gold and silver coinage.
Only a small quantity of No Motto eagles were struck in 1908 before the new design was implemented -- 210,000 pieces by the Denver Mint, and just 33,500 pieces at the Philadelphia Mint. This high-end Premium Gem is one of the few high-grade Uncirculated P-Mint representatives of the final-year No Motto type. Satiny rich-gold surfaces display orange and olive-gold overtones amid pervasive mint luster. The sharp surfaces show minimal signs of contact or marks of any kind, save for a tiny planchet flake near the left reverse rim. Population: 12 in 66 (2 in 66+), 5 finer (11/16).