Sunflower Gold Quarter Eagle

by Fred Larucci

Original - Not For Sale

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Dimensions

8.500 x 11.000 inches

Title

Sunflower Gold Quarter Eagle

Artist

Fred Larucci

Medium

Drawing - Graphite Pencils - 96lb. Canson Thick Sheet Stock Board Paper

Description

(2013) "Sunflower" Gold Quarter Eagle (1914) "Indian Head" - $2.50 GOLD Piece" United States Mint coin (IN LIVING COLOR.

Illustration No.78 - Hand drawn in Graphite on 96lb. Canson Thick Board Sheet Stock - Pencils Used: 4H, 5H, H, B, 3B, 5B, 6B - Drawing Time: 32 Hours.

The Quarter Eagle was a gold coin issued by the United States with a denomination of two hundred and fifty cents, or two dollars and fifty cents. It was given its name in the Coinage Act of 1792, as a derivation from the US ten-dollar eagle coin. Its purchasing power in 1800 would be equivalent to $33.82 today.

With the eagle and double eagle released into circulation by the end of 1907, the Mint turned its attention to the half eagle and quarter eagle, originally planning to duplicate the double eagle's design. The Mint had difficulty fitting the required inscriptions on the small gold coins. President Roosevelt, in April 1908, convinced Mint Director Frank Leach that it would be a better idea to strike a design similar to that of the eagle, but below the background, to secure a high-relief effect. Such coins were designed by Boston sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt at the request of the President's friend, William Sturgis Bigelow. After some difficulty, the Mint was successful in this work, though Pratt was unhappy at modifications made by the Mint's engravers, headed by longtime Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber.

(CC) 2015 - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

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March 17th, 2015

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