By CoinWeek ….
Bidding ends Sunday, October 20, for this Gem “Robust D” 1911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle gold coin, a key date within the Indian Head Quarter Eagle collection. The 1911-D quarter eagle supplied by GreatCollections is graded MS65 by PCGS and authorised by CAC as sturdy for the grade.
The 1911-D quarter eagle options the bottom mintage of the collection, at solely 55,680. To place the coin’s shortage in perspective, the 1914 Philadelphia situation has the next-lowest mintage with nearly 4 instances as many items struck. Moreover, many collectors impugned the coin’s incuse design when the sort debuted in 1908, so fewer examples had been saved than one would possibly assume. Because of this Indian Head Quarter Eagles are rarer than their mintages suggest, and that is definitely true of the 1911-D.
Excessive-grade specimens are even more durable to search out. Whereas nearly all Indian Head Quarter Eagles are comparatively nicely struck and have a wire rim on the obverse, 1911-D quarter eagles are a lot much less widespread in excessive Mint State. Due to this, the 1911-D is a favourite goal of counterfeiters who typically alter the mintmark by including a “D” onto common 1911 Philadelphia points. Collectors are extremely cautioned to buy solely licensed examples of the Denver strike and keep away from uncooked specimens on-line.
Apparently, the Denver mintmark typically comes weakly struck, incomes such examples the designation “Weak D” from NGC. PCGS as an alternative focuses on the smaller variety of well-struck mintmarks and designates such items “Robust D”. PCGS studies 30 grading occasions at MS65, with solely six licensed increased.
Latest costs for PCGS MS65 Robust D 1911-D quarter eagles vary from $55,000 to an $84,000 public sale lead to January 2023, although that value is one thing of an outlier. On the time of writing, the very best of 27 bids for this Gem key date 1911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle at GreatCollections is $41,000.
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