The three-coin gold Indian Series, comprised of the $10, $5 and $2.50 Indian Head Gold coinage, are highly intriguing, numismatically significant, popular and widely collected. Whether collecting one of each denomination, or concentrating on building a set of any of the denominations, Indian Head Gold is without a doubt a cherished segment of the rare coin marketplace. Gold Indians were born of Theodore Roosevelt’s personal initiative to make United States coinage the most spectacular, in line with his view that America was the most politically and economically powerful. Then, as fate would have it, due to rapid dollar devaluation, gold coins were deemed illegal to own by the April 1933 Executive Order 6102, issued by Teddy’s distant cousin, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Whereby, most gold Indians and common U.S. gold coins, not being deemed “collectibles,” were confiscated and reduced to gold bullion for use by the government. However, great specimens of these unique coins have survived; and, here at Monaco, we continually search for superior examples of this unique segment of
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