1914-S Eagle Indian NGC AU55 CAC - 1914-S $10 Indian NGC AU55 CAC. This choice About Uncirculated 1914-S Indian Head Eagle has muted mint luster remaining in protected areas of both sides. The coin is yellow and orange gold, which attests to its originality. The surfaces are clean for the grade with no notable abrasion marks or other distractions. The CAC sticker confirms the grade and indicates that this premium quality piece fully merits the grade assigned.

Saint-Gaudens Indian Head eagle was minted from 1907 to 1933. The obverse consists of a close up profile of a head of Liberty facing left. Above her unrealistic war bonnet are thirteen stars in an arc. Below the truncation is the date. The origin of the profile is Saint-Gaudens own statue of Nike which is part of his memorial to General Sherman and can still be seen at the southern entrance to Central Park in New York City. Alice Butler was the model for the sculpture. Originally Saint-Gaudens wanted to place a wreath on Libertys head, but President Theodore Roosevelt insisted that it be a feathered war bonnet to give the coin a more nationalistic appeal. (Roosevelt also asked Saint-Gaudens to switch the designs of the eagle and double eagle coins. He felt that the close profile was more suited to an eagle size coin and that the striding figure of Liberty was better on the double eagle.)

The reverse of Saint-Gaudens Indian Head Eagle shows a powerful standing eagle that is suggestive of Egyptian art. It shows the eagle standing on a bundle of arrows that resemble fasces. In Roman iconography, fasces symbolized the power to kill or the power of life and death. Held on top of the arrows by the eagles talon is the olive branch, the traditional symbol of peace. Above the eagles head is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and in the right field is the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. To the left is the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. The denomination TEN DOLLARS is below. On its edge, the coin has forty-six raised stars. The mintmark is just below and to the left of the points of the arrows.

In its population report, as of March 2013, CAC has confirmed 2 1914-S eagles in AU55 condition.