Two And One Half Dollar Indians Price Guide
The U.S. $2.50 Quarter Eagle ‘Indian’ was a totally new design concept commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt in his initiative to beautify America’s coinage. Famed Sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, designed the first two coins in the series ($20 Double Eagle, $10 Eagle), just before his death in 1907. Former Saint-Gaudens student, Bela Lyon Pratt, took up the task of redesigning the quarter eagle and half eagle to complete Saint-Gaudens work. Minted from 1908 to 1929, there was a gap between 1916 to 1924 due to World War I. The obverse features Indian brave in a war bonnet facing left, with the date, thirteen stars and the motto LIBERTY encircling the edge. The reverse features a proud American Eagle perched upon fasces and an olive branch, intertwined symbols of preparedness and peace. Pratt incorporated four different inscriptions on the reverse, (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, IN GOD WE TRUST, and 2½ DOLLARS). Pratt’s design of an American Indian was an incuse design inset in the surface so the highest points of relief are level with the coins’ fields, with no raised rims to protect from wear. This beautiful new design has become one of the most popular U.S. gold coins.
$2½ Indians | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
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1908 | $670 | $920 | $1,440 | $2,250 | ![]() |
1908 Proof | $5,970 | $7,340 | $11,940 | $22,190 | $35,780 |
1909 | $670 | $1,030 | $2,130 | $3,560 | $6,160 |
1909 Proof | $6,590 | $8,160 | $16,560 | $23,440 | $55,690 |
1910 | $650 | $860 | $1,590 | $2,280 | $5,910 |
1910 Proof | $6,190 | $7,660 | $13,560 | $19,060 | $40,030 |
1911 | $690 | $860 | $1,250 | $2,410 | $6,410 |
1911 Proof | $6,030 | $7,560 | $12,310 | ![]() |
$38,350 |
1911 D | ![]() |
$9,520 | $14,200 | $22,690 | $66,630 |
1912 | ![]() |
$920 | $2,130 | ![]() |
$14,630 |
1912 Proof | $6,190 | $7,690 | $12,500 | $20,310 | $37,050 |
1913 | $670 | ![]() |
$1,280 | $2,030 | ![]() |
1913 Proof | $6,250 | $7,810 | $12,940 | $20,940 | $38,480 |
1914 | $840 | $1,840 | $3,310 | $5,220 | $23,440 |
1914 Proof | $6,560 | $8,090 | $13,440 | $22,060 | $38,350 |
1914 D | $650 | $1,030 | $1,970 | $4,000 | $22,060 |
1915 | $660 | ![]() |
$1,230 | $2,160 | $6,970 |
1915 Proof | $6,690 | $8,340 | $13,750 | $22,190 | $43,230 |
1925 D | ![]() |
$537 | $670 | $860 | $2,060 |
1926 | ![]() |
$537 | $670 | $860 | $2,060 |
1927 | ![]() |
$537 | $670 | $860 | $2,060 |
1928 | ![]() |
$537 | $670 | $860 | $2,060 |
1929 | ![]() |
$537 | $670 | ![]() |
$6,160 |
Type | ![]() |
$537 | $670 | $860 | $2,060 |
Proof Type | $5,970 | $7,340 | $11,940 | ![]() |
$35,780 |