Pre-33 $10 Indian Head Eagle MS63 (PCGS/NGC)
Gold · Coin · 0.4838 oz · .9 · MS63 · PCGS/NGC · US Mint
Specifications
- Grade
- MS63
- Certification
- PCGS/NGC
- Weight
- 0.4838 oz
- Purity
- .9
- Mint
- US Mint
- Country
- United States
- First struck
- 1907
About the Pre-33 $10 Indian Head Eagle
The Pre-33 $10 Indian Head Eagle is one of two gold coins designed by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt as part of his push to elevate the artistic quality of US coinage. The other was the $20 Double Eagle. The $10 entered circulation in 1907 and was struck through 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt's gold recall ended regular gold coin production in the United States.
Each coin contains 0.4838 troy ounces of gold. The alloy is .900 fine, meaning 90% gold and 10% copper, the same standard used across pre-1933 US gold. Total coin weight is 16.718 grams. Diameter is 27 mm. The copper content gives the coin a slightly warmer hue than modern .9999 bullion and makes it more resistant to scratches and edge wear.
The obverse shows Liberty in profile wearing a Native American war bonnet, a design Saint-Gaudens originally intended for a one-cent piece. Roosevelt overruled the mint's objections and pushed it onto the $10 coin. The reverse depicts a standing bald eagle perched on a fasces and olive branch. Early 1907 issues lacked the motto IN GOD WE TRUST, which Roosevelt thought inappropriate on coinage. Congress restored it in 1908.
Most Indian Head Eagles you will see for sale today are common-date circulated examples graded VF to AU, or low-grade uncirculated coins. Key dates including the 1907 Wire Rim, 1907 Rolled Edge, 1920-S, 1930-S, and 1933 carry significant numismatic premiums and trade in their own collector market. Common dates trade much closer to the gold value plus a modest premium for the pre-33 status.
The coin sits in a useful spot for buyers who want pre-1933 US gold but find the $20 Double Eagle too large per piece. At under half an ounce of gold per coin, the $10 Indian Head splits the difference between fractional bullion and the heavier Saint-Gaudens or Liberty Head Double Eagles. It is recognized by every US dealer and most international ones.
If you want one Saint-Gaudens design in your stack and the Double Eagle is more coin than you need, the $10 Indian Head Eagle is the natural choice. You get the Roosevelt-era artistic revolution in a smaller, more affordable package, with real American minting history attached to every piece.
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