Well, I think Chief wins... beautiful coin. Question: what are the odd parallel lines in her hair/turban? Are those remnants of adjustment marks?
The die broke early in the minting process on the '01s. Some think it was set screws rubbing during the striking process, some think it was die pieces, thus the BD-2 variety.
These two are off for grading in the next few days. One is a quarter eagle but I thought you guys might like to see it. Closed 3 variety is 4 times rarer than open 3.
First, lots of great $10 eagles in this thread. I can only add this humble Indian. It's an MS62, but I think it's a beauty.
Now in the posession of my uncle (with the right to buy it back since I wanted cash for a 1928-S MS64 Peace Dollar). I pulled this one raw from a guy on Craig's List. And as I sat there negotiating, he kept rubbing it with his fingers. And I told him that for every time he rubbed the coin, my offer had gone down $5. At that point he realized I was around $300 and regretted it after I explained what rubbing and cleaning does to coin values. He offered it to me for $50 over melt value finally when I told him I was no longer interested. I think it would have gone 63 before his fingering. I came out a bit ahead - not much - but a bit.
This 1926 $10 Indian Gold Eagle in PCGS MS63 is the top prize in our Glendale Coin Club Gold & Silver Coin Raffle which will be held at our annual coin show coming up on October 25, 2015 in Van Nuys, CA. Some lucky winner is going to win this from a $2 raffle ticket!!! Will it be you????
It's been 2 months since this thread got action. We need to get this one going again. Here is one I just picked up.
Here is another one. I don't usually go for MS62 but there is a huge jump to 63 on this date so it seemed like a good addition to my gold.