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10 Dollars Indian Head - With motto
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 1908-1933 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse lettering | UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM IN GOD WE TRUST TEN·DOLLARS |
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| Mint | United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) D United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date) S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date) |
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens originally designed this series without the motto IN GOD WE TRUST — Theodore Roosevelt had personally ordered its omission, considering it irreverent to place a sacred phrase on currency that passed through saloons and gambling houses. Congress disagreed and legislated the motto back onto the coin in 1908, the same year production began.
The incuse design — recessed into the field rather than raised — proved a practical problem in circulation. Dirt and grease accumulated in the recesses, and stacking coins became difficult. Neither issue killed the series, but both contributed to its quiet discontinuation when FDR's 1933 gold recall effectively ended domestic gold coinage.