Owner Comments:
Collection's most valuable coin, and this $3 Indian Princess Head is an MS 61 stunner.
Helps with the custom requirement of at least one coin from each mint (New Orleans), at least one coin from each denomination ($3), and at least one coin from each design.
New Orleans only minted it for one year, 1854, thereby making it further praiseworthy… first and last year of issue.
The reverse of the coin exudes subtle tranquility: slightly green-yellow gold calming character when viewed in hand, with soft curvatures surrounding the date — the 3 above, the O mintmark below… beautiful balance and symmetry for this gentle coin.
And, of course, the obverse side, its lofty feathered-headdress and balled plume-peaks, it cannot help but capture the attention of anyone and everyone, who merely glimpse it for an instant. It is no wonder that engravers of the day considered the design as shorthand for “America."