1908 Indian Eagle. Motto. MS-64+ (PCGS). CAC.Vivid deep gold patina blends with soft mint luster on both sides of this sharply struck, overall smooth example. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST returned to the design of the eagle in 1908 by order of Congress, which acted over the protests of Theodore Roosevelt in this area. The president originally demanded that the motto be left out of the Saint-Gaudens design because he felt that the use of a deitys name on money was blasphemy. The Philadelphia Mints premier circulation strike of the Motto design, the 1908 was produced to the extent of 341,370 pieces. Mint State survivors are relatively obtainable by the standards of this series, although most are in lower grades than that offered here. An attractive near-Gem worthy of the strongest bids.From the Fairmont Collection.
