*Highlight* 1915-s Gold Indian Half Eagle $5 Select Unc USCG (fc)

*Highlight* 1915-s Gold Indian Half Eagle $5 Select Unc USCG (fc)
*Highlight* 1915-s Gold Indian Half Eagle $5 Select Unc USCG. This handsome and inviting example would serve with distinction in an advanced Indian half eagle set. Lustrous surfaces exhibit vivid orange-gold patina to a satiny mint finish. Boldly defined by the standards of this challenging issue.One of the last half eagles struck at San Francisco, the 1915-S half eagle was struck in modest numbers to the tune of 164,000 coins. However, this is one of the most challenging issues in the entire Indian half eagle series even in circulated condition. The issue was released into circulation in the West which was in the midst of an economic renaissance boosted by that year's Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Few coins were saved for numismatic purposes and by the time the winds of war started to blow across the Atlantic after the sinking of the Lusitania, it was too late to obtain particularly nice examples from circulation. Many found their way to the Treasury in the 1920s and eventually into the melting pot. Often said to be one of if not the most difficult of all the Indian half eagles to find Choice, most uncirculated specimens are found only at the very lowest of the Mint State degrees of preservation and usually significantly bagmarked. Premium quality Choice Mint State examples provoke much interest from twentieth-century gold specialists and here is no exception. Worthy of a strong bid.