Classic $10 gold Liberty in a headdress was influenced by an Irish model?

Goldminers

This less than 2-minute video embedded in this linked article was interesting to me as an Indian $10 gold coin collector, but maybe others already know this version?

If anyone has a better summary of the origin of these $10 "Indians", I would be happy to read it.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/mary-cunningham-irishwoman-native-american-us-gold-coin

edited to fix the title

TomB

I'm not so certain about the details of that article as the portrait of Ms. Liberty on the eagle is derived from the unused sculpture of Nike from the William Tecumseh Sherman Monument that was dedicated in 1903. (Roger Burdette, 2006).

ricko

That would be news to me as well... I have read the same information as @TomB has mentioned. Cheers, RickO

Goldminers

@ricko said:
That would be news to me as well... I have read the same information as @TomB has mentioned. Cheers, RickO

The recent Irish video seemed to have some basis and is certainly interesting. I also have read the conventional version of the $10 eagle obverse design, but the lack of transparency, with political influences likely involved, this is an intriguing version of history.

As an old radio favorite of mine used to say, "Now we know the rest of the story".

True or not, there is more to be learned.

Connecticoin

@TomB said:
I'm not so certain about the details of that article as the portrait of Ms. Liberty on the eagle is derived from the unused sculpture of Nike from the William Tecumseh Sherman Monument that was dedicated in 1903. (Roger Burdette, 2006).

This. I think the Irish article/video is made-up fiction. The $10 St Gaudens obverse is a depiction of Liberty, not a “Native American”.

D808LF

Images from C. Lewis Hind's 1908 book on ASG.

Love that the published year is in Roman numerals, MCMVIII.

djm

I thought it was just a rip-off of Longacre's 1859 cent.

Goldminers

I see this was topic was covered in Coin World a while back, and the numismatic news article is much more in depth with additional information.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/does-indian-head-gold-eagle-depict-irish-immigrant-girl.html

https://www.numismaticnews.net/us-coins/saint-gaudens-model

AdamL

@Goldminers said:
I see this was topic was covered in Coin World a while back, and the numismatic news article is much more in depth with additional information.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/does-indian-head-gold-eagle-depict-irish-immigrant-girl.html

https://www.numismaticnews.net/us-coins/saint-gaudens-model

I recently read a different article that mentioned all the same names as the Numismatic news one. The one I read seemed to think it was likely Hettie Anderson, but possibly Mary Cunningham.