United States
5 Dollars "Indian Head" · “Indian Head”
United States · 1908–1929 · Gold
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The $5 Indian Head Half Eagle
In 1908 the U.S. Mint did something it had never done before and never did again on a circulating coin: it sank the design *into* the gold. No rim, no relief rising off the surface — just a sunken Indian and a sunken eagle, level with the field around them. People weren't sure they liked it. A century later, it's one of the most distinctive coins America ever made.
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