Tag: 10 Dollar Gold Coins
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The Saint-Gaudens Indian Head Eagle ($10) coin.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Roosevelt sought to elevate the artistic qualities of US coinage by collaborating with friend and acclaimed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to originate a new US gold eagle coin ($10 face value), and double eagle ($20).It became the president’s personal mission to rejuvenate the image of American coinage. Beginning in November 1905 through May…