Lot 185
1915 Indian Head Five Dollar Gold Coin
Sold December 11, 2025
- Price realized
- $800
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $1,000-1,300
Origin: Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Denomination: 5 Dollars
Year: 1915
Mint: Philadelphia Mint
Grade/Condition: Estimated: F
Metal: 90% gold and 10% copper
Weight (+/- 0.2g): 8.4 grams
Additional Description: Minted at the Philadelphia Mint in 1915, this five-dollar Indian Head gold coin reflects Bela Lyon Pratt’s bold reimagining of American coin design in the early twentieth century. The obverse portrays a male Native American in profile, his feathered headdress rendered in the distinctive incuse relief that sets the series apart from all others in U.S. coinage. On the reverse, a powerful eagle stands upon a bundle of arrows and an olive branch, a balanced representation of national strength and peace. Believed to grade Fine, the coin exhibits moderate wear consistent with careful circulation, yet retains pleasing definition in both portrait and reverse devices. As a Philadelphia issue without a mintmark, it stands as a refined example of Pratt’s artistic and technical innovation, emblematic of a period when American coinage sought to express both beauty and national identity through sculptural form.
Lot details
- Lot
- 185
- Auction
- Gold and Silver Showcase
- Closed
- December 11, 2025
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