1925 $2.5 NGC MS61 Indian Head Gold Quarter Eagle Graded Coin

  
Coin issues to feature an incuse design, the other being the Indian Head half eagle, also designed by Pratt. Both coins were frowned on by the public, fearing germs would get caught inside the sunken design. Obviously those fears were never founded to be true.

Pratt's coins included an intaglio Indian head with an eagle feather headdress. It is believed that the Indian depicted on the coin is inspired by a real life American Indian by the name of Chief Hollow Horn Bear of the Sioux Indian Tribe. He was the first real life Indian depicted on a US coin, while other Indian head coins of the past were artistically created.

The reverse of the coin depicted a very realistic looking eagle perched on arrows and holding the olive branch. These two coins were being produced side by side with Augustus Saint Gauden's coins.

Pratt's coins could never match the legendary status of Saint Gauden's coins. Although, Pratt's coin designs were revolutionary, legendary and exceptional in their own way.