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Bela Lyon Pratt's innovative Indian
Head half eagle follows the format of the related
quarter eagle and features all of the design recessed
or incuse in the coin's surface, with the field,
normally the lowest part on a coin, being the highest
part. As is the case with quarter eagles, mintmarks
are raised and in relief.
Mintage was accomplished at Philadelphia
from 1908 through 1915 and again in 1929. Denver
struck half eagles of this type from 1909 through
1911 and again in 1914. San Francisco half eagles
were made from 1908 through 1916. At New Orleans
the Indian quarter eagle was struck in one year only,
1909, the last year of operation of that minting
facility.
Issue dates: 1908-1929
Composition: 0.900 part gold, 0.100 part
copper
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Weight: 129 grains
Business strike mintage: 14,078,066
Proof mintage: 1,077
Fine
Gold Content: .2419
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