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Obverse of a 1911-D Indian Head quarter eagle; pictured specimen unidentified (photographed by Lost Dutchman Rare Coins). The D mintmark sits on the reverse of this incuse design. The FLOAT constituent is priced on the PCGS MS66+ Strong D sold in January 2025.
Obverse of a 1911-D Indian Head quarter eagle; pictured specimen unidentified (photographed by Lost Dutchman Rare Coins). The D mintmark sits on the reverse of this incuse design. The FLOAT constituent is priced on the PCGS MS66+ Strong D sold in January 2025.

1911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle

Maker
U.S. Mint (Denver)
Year
1911
Rank
75 of 100
Identifier
$2.50 gold, Indian Head, D mintmark (Strong D), PCGS MS66+

1911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle

Realized at auction: $312,000, dated 2025-01-19. This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The single key date of the incuse-design Indian Head quarter eagle series; the only Denver issue and a series essential.

$2.50 gold, Indian Head, D mintmark (Strong D), PCGS MS66+

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$312,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
2025-01-19

A realized auction price is what a buyer actually paid on the date shown, including the buyer's premium where the sale reported it. It is the strongest kind of reference price, and it is a record of one sale of one object on one day, not a promise of what the next example will bring.

By reference price, 1911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle is number 50 of 100 in the coins entries of the FLOAT 100. 92 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (75 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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