1910-D Indian Head Eagle
After only the 1932, the 1910-D boasts the highest mintage in the Indian Eagle series at 2.3 million coins struck. This is obviously the most frequently offered mintmarked issue of the type, although the 1910-D is not as plentiful in Mint State as the 1926 or 1932. In high grades (read: MS-65 or finer), the 1910-D is also more challenging to collect than the first-year 1907 No Periods. The 1910-D is very scarce in MS-65 by Indian Eagle standards, and it is very rare any finer. Writing in the 2008 edition of the book A Handbook of 20th Century United States Gold Coins: 1907-1933 by David W. Akers, Jeff Ambio asserts that only 60-70 examples are known that could qualify for an MS-66 or MS-67 grade. Most of those coins are MS-66s, and there are fewer than 10 coins extant in MS-67.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2010 Boston Auction, where it realized $86,250.