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1921: parcel tag - gold Indian Head half eagle

 

21 October 1921 Denver Federal Reserve Bank to Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, tag affixed to parcel, total postage of $4.74, 10c registry fee plus $4.64 postage for 232 ounces at 2c an ounce

This tag probably accompanied a parcel of gold coins being transferred from the United States Branch bank in Denver to their counterpart in Kansas City. If $20 gold coins were sent, the total would have been 175 coins.

1909 gold $5 Indian Head half eagle minted in Denver

The Indian Head half eagle coin was designed by Bela Lyon Pratt. The half eagle was minted between 1908 and 1914 in Denver. The use of an incuse, rather than raised, design and lettering on coins was limited to the quarter eagles and half eagles.

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