$2.50 Indian Head Coin Set Into a 14KT Rope Coin Frame

What sets the $2.5 and $5 Indian Head gold coins apart from other United States coins is that they were the first (and only) U.S. gold coins to use the technique known as incuse relief. This technique gives the design elements and lettering a sunken-in appearance on a uniformly flat plane Sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt was recommended to President Theodore Roosevelt by his good friend Dr. William S. Bigelow to design the $2.50 and $5.00 Indian Head Gold coins.

Obverse: pictures an Indian Chief, the first true American Indian ever to appear on United States coinage. Previously, Caucasian models dressed in American Indian attire were used. The chief on the Indian Head is wearing a full-feathered headdress with the word ' Liberty' inscribed on the headband. A border of thirteen stars and the minting date encircle him.

Reverse: of the $2.50 coin features a proud bald eagle standing among olive branches, surrounded by the words ' UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'. The motto 'In God We Trust', and the denomination also appear on the reverse.