1907 Indian Eagle. No Periods. MS-66+ (PCGS).This is a simply gorgeous example of a numismatically significant and popular first-year issue in the Indian eagle series. Plentiful and lustrous mint frost is layered on both sides, and the fields are silky smooth in appearance. Bathed in original and attractive yellow-gold patina, with a sharp to full strike that rounds out an impressive list of attributes. Exquisite! pStruck from the first year of issue and from a year that saw more than its share of great challenges. As so often is the case, 1907 began with the Liberty Eagles being coined at the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints. Then along comes change, this after essentially little or no change since 1839 for this denomination -- other than the addition of the reverse Motto in 1866. A series of trial pieces were coined in very limited numbers of the Wire Rim Periods Saint-Gaudens pieces, then the Rounded Rim, Periods pieces were struck. At last the equitable solution was determined and these No Periods 1907 eagles were produced late in the year. Not many were saved, and production was still limited compared with later strikings. Just a handful of examples exist finer than MS-66+, making the present piece an excellent value by comparison. Destined for an advanced collection and worthy of strong bids.
