1909-D Indian Gold Eagle: Color, Eye Appeal, and Scarcity
The color is most often a light orange or coppery gold with select greenish highlights. The level of eye appeal for this date is below average. While most examples are seen with acceptable detail, the typical 1909-D Indian Gold Eagleis somewhat dull, and very noticeably abraded. The 1909-D is sometimes lumped together with the very common 1910-D but this is not the case as the 1909-D is considerably scarcer.
The 1909-D Indian Gold Eagle is usually found in AU55 to MS63 grades. It is quite scarce in MS64 and it is legitimately rare in properly graded MS65. There are a few pieces known in MS66 but anything higher than this is almost impossible to locate.