Values
An eagle’s market splits first on Liberty versus Indian, then on mint and motto. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart leaves G, VF, and MS-63 blank. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not cover these coins. A combined denomination table is not a price.
If you have one and want to sell it, start with how to sell a coin collection. The half eagle is five dollars. The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is the twenty-dollar coin by the same sculptor as the Indian head eagle.
Key Dates
No key list was copied onto this page. 1933 Indian head dates are not bolded from memory, and they are not rows until a mint table is cited.
Errors
Wrong table. The article prints one grid of quarter eagle, half eagle, eagle, and double eagle figures. That grid is not used as this series. A face-value dump is not a mint chart.
Motto. Indian head eagles come without the motto and with it. That is a type split. It is not entered here without mint counts.
Bullion. A modern gold bullion eagle is not an 1838–1933 eagle. It does not belong on this chart.
Compare the coin to the NGC Coin Explorer eagle pages. We do not host their plates. The explorer is not the mintage source for this chart.
Varieties
Liberty Head and Indian Head share this page. They do not share a portrait. Motto versus no motto is the next split on the Indian head. This is not a modern bullion eagle.
- Liberty Head, early portraitThe plate on this page is an 1839 of the early portrait. It is not the later coronet head, and it is not the Indian head.
- Liberty Head, coronetThe later Liberty head, with the coronet, running to 1907. Read the portrait before you read the motto.
- Indian Head, no mottoSaint-Gaudens’s Indian head eagle. Early 1907 coins omit IN GOD WE TRUST.
- Indian Head, with mottoThe motto is added after the no-motto issue. It is a type split. This page does not enter it as a count.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
Liberty Head eagles, 1838–1907, and Indian Head eagles, 1907–1933.
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: PCGS CoinFacts (2026-08-21). Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
The Wikipedia eagle article’s table mixes several denominations. It is not copied as a mint-split chart of this coin. Proofs stay off. Bullion eagles stay off.
The chart is empty on purpose. The Wikipedia table is a combined denomination grid, not a mint-split list of this coin. Proofs stay off. Bullion eagles stay off.
The grade columns are empty because this site has no NGC guide extract for this coin.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance. The Liberty head and the Indian head are not given one borrowed thickness on this page.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Not printed |
| Thickness | Not printed |
| Weight | Not printed |
| Composition | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Edge | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Designer | Liberty head, then Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
No catalog page used for the eagle prints a thickness. Diameter, weight, and thickness stay Not printed. The double eagle planchet is not copied onto this coin.
Grading
An eagle wears on the coronet or on the feathered headdress. Liberty head and Indian head are different portraits.
This is the classic ten-dollar coin. A modern bullion eagle is not this page.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| The portrait | Coronet Liberty, or the feathered headdress. | Saint-Gaudens replaced the Liberty head in 1907. Both belong here. The double eagle does not. |
| The feathers | The eagle’s feathers on the reverse. | Wear and bag marks show there as well as on the cheek or the coronet. |
| The motto | Whether IN GOD WE TRUST is on the Indian head reverse. | Early 1907 coins omit it. Later coins have it. That split is not a mintage row yet. |
| Size | Ten dollars, not twenty. | The same sculptor made the double eagle. The standing figure with a torch is the larger coin. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
See graded photos. The photos that show what VF looks like live at PCGS. We do not host their plates. NGC Coin Explorer is another look if you want a second set.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a eagle if you already know the type.
- The coronet or the headdress are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this eagle are already slick.
- The coronet or the headdress are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A Indian head is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- The coronet or the headdress are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from the coronet or the headdress.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- The coronet or the headdress are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. The coronet or the headdress still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on the coronet or the headdress. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular Indian head is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on the coronet or the headdress.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on the coronet or the headdress.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on the coronet or the headdress.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on the coronet or the headdress.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean eagle for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on the coronet or the headdress.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
Proof eagles exist. This page does not invent a PR price grid. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this gold coin. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
The eagle is the ten-dollar gold coin from 1838 through 1933. The Liberty head comes first. Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Indian head replaces it in 1907 and runs through 1933. This is not the double eagle, and it is not a modern bullion coin.
The photograph is an 1839 Liberty Head eagle, the early portrait, from the National Numismatic Collection. The Indian head is the other design on this page. Do not grade every eagle as if it were that plate.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
Gobrecht’s Liberty head is the eagle of the mid nineteenth century, struck at Philadelphia and the branch mints. In 1907 Saint-Gaudens replaced it with a standing Liberty in a feathered headdress, usually called the Indian head eagle. Early 1907 coins omit IN GOD WE TRUST. The motto was added after that. The series ends in 1933, when gold coinage stopped.
The article’s numeric table mixes this denomination with the others. Copying it would mislabel quarter eagle and double eagle figures as eagles. The table stays unused. A later pass can add rows from a mint-split source.
Design
Obverse, Liberty head: a coronet and a raised portrait, Gobrecht’s design. Obverse, Indian head: a feathered headdress and a standing figure, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Reverse: an eagle. On the Indian head, the motto is either absent or present. The edge and the mint mark help, but the portrait is the type.
Look at the cheek and the feathers, or at the coronet. Bag marks on gold show up there. A wire rim on an early Saint-Gaudens eagle is a strike feature, not automatic damage.
People Also Ask
Why is the chart empty?
The Wikipedia eagle article’s table lists several denominations in one grid. It is not a mint-by-mint chart of this coin. It was not copied.
Who designed the Indian head eagle?
Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The Liberty head is the earlier type. They share this page and they do not share a portrait.
Is this a Gold Eagle bullion coin?
No. This is the classic ten-dollar eagle. Modern bullion eagles are a different section.
How much is an eagle worth?
This page does not print guide prices. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not include this series.
Collector Considerations
Say ten dollars before you say eagle. Collectors use the same word for the bullion coin. This page is the classic piece.
If the headdress is there, you are on the Indian head. If the coronet is there, you are on the Liberty head. The motto on the reverse is the next question, not the first.
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle has the chart for the twenty-dollar coin. The half eagle is the five-dollar page.
A Final Word
The eagle page is two portraits and an unused combined table. The chart stays empty until the counts are actually eagle counts.
Bullion belongs in the bullion section.