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GOLD COIN: INDIAN HEAD 2.5 DOLLAR GOLD COIN - 1915

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins - Gold Start Price:1.00 USD
GOLD COIN: INDIAN HEAD 2.5 DOLLAR GOLD COIN - 1915
SOLD
602.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 May 01 @ 19:21UTC-5 : EST/CDT
All items sold ‘AS IS’ and ‘WHERE IS’

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GOLD COIN: INDIAN HEAD 2.5 DOLLAR GOLD COIN - 1915

THE 1915 INDIAN HEAD $2.50 GOLD COINS ARE 90 PERCENT GOLD AND 10 PERCENT COPPER; ONLY 606,100 WERE MINTED (PHILADELPHIA MINT); AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ORDERED THE COLLECTION OF ALL GOLD COINS IN CIRCULATION TO MELT DOWN INTO GOLD BARS TO HELP COMBAT THE FINANCIAL WOES OF THE PERIOD. THE RESULT OF THE PROGRAM WAS THE LOSS OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICAS HISTORICAL COINS; INVESTORS, COLLECTORS, AND HISTORY BUFFS NOW JUMP QUICKLY WHEN RARE PRE-1933 GOLD COINS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE - AN EXTREMELY LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE COINS SURVIVED THE COLLECTION, SO EACH ONE IS A TRUE NATIONAL TREASURE; THE $2.50 INDIANHEAD GOLD COIN WAS UNLIKE ANY COIN THAT CAME BEFORE IT; THIS COINÕS DESIGN FEATURES MARKED THE FIRST TIME AN INCUSE-RELIEF STRIKING PROCESS WAS USED BY THE UNITED STATES MINT - RATHER THAN STRIKING COINS TO CREATE RAISED DESIGNS, THESE COINS FEATURED STAMPED DESIGNS THAT WERE INSET WITHIN THE COINS SURFACE; CONDITION NOT GRADED; SOLD AS IS-WHERE IS; PLEASE INSPECT

WEIGHT IS 4.179 GRAMS