1907-P Rolled Edge Indian Head Eagle
Key dateThe variety where almost the entire striking was destroyed before release. The Mint replaced the wire rim with a rolled one, struck the coins in quantity, then decided against issuing them and sent nearly all to the melting pot. What survives is a few dozen coins.
Mintage
- Business strikes
- None confirmed
- Mint
- Philadelphia (no mintmark)
- Mintage rank
- 1 of 32
Rank 1 is the lowest business-strike mintage in the series. Mintage is a poor guide to availability in this series. Eagles were held as reserves rather than spent, Executive Order 6102 recalled gold coin in 1933, and the Treasury melted most of what it held. The 1920-S and the issues of the early 1930s were hit hardest because they had barely circulated. Read the mintage as what was made, never as what exists.
About this figure
This catalog reports no confirmed production figure for this issue, which needs explaining because the published tables print one. Both mintage tables consulted give 50. That is not a mintage: it is the number of coins believed to survive. Mint records indicate roughly 31,500 to 32,500 were actually struck, and references disagree on which, before nearly all were melted. Printing a survival estimate in a mintage column would state something this site does not publish, so the figure is left unreported and the story given instead.
Scarcity tier
Key date
Assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 is a key date, under 2,500,000 is a semi-key.
This is a reproducible label derived from the mintage column, not a market valuation and not a Coin Curator price opinion. The same thresholds apply to every series on this site. Several dates are far harder or far easier to obtain than their mintage implies; where that is true, it is stated above.
Documented varieties
Rolled Edge, With Periods
A rounded rim replacing the wire rim, still with periods either side of the reverse legends. Struck in quantity and then almost entirely melted before issue.
Widely recognised varieties only. The VAM reference catalogs thousands of die marriages across these series; the absence of a variety here does not mean none is documented elsewhere.
One widely printed figure in this series is not a mintage. Both published mintage tables consulted for this series print 50 for the 1907 Rolled Edge. Read the full note on the series page.
What to check before buying
Specific to the 1907-P Rolled Edge:
- 1Because so few exist, provenance matters as much as certification here, and any example should have a documented history.
- 2Treat any published claim that the mintage of this issue is 42 or 50 as a survival estimate rather than a production figure, whatever column it appears in.
And for any certified coin
Verify the certification number on the grading service’s own lookup rather than from a photograph of the label, match the listing images to the certification record including grade and any variety attribution, look for cleaning, compare the mintmark against published photographs of the genuine issue, and read the return policy before buying. The grading guide covers each of these in full.
Coin Curator does not grade, authenticate, or appraise coins, and publishes no price or population data. These are verification steps, not a valuation.
Verify a certification number
Look a 1907-P Rolled Edgecertification number up on the service’s own site. A photograph of a label proves nothing.
Each service publishes its own guarantee with conditions and exclusions. Compare PCGS, NGC and ANACS.
Find a 1907-P Rolled Edge for sale
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Common questions
How many 1907-P Rolled Edge Indian Head eagles were minted?
No 1907-P Rolled Edge business strikes are confirmed to exist. This catalog reports no confirmed production figure for this issue, which needs explaining because the published tables print one. Both mintage tables consulted give 50. That is not a mintage: it is the number of coins believed to survive. Mint records indicate roughly 31,500 to 32,500 were actually struck, and references disagree on which, before nearly all were melted. Printing a survival estimate in a mintage column would state something this site does not publish, so the figure is left unreported and the story given instead.
Is the 1907-P Rolled Edge Indian Head eagle a key date?
Coin Curator labels it a key date, assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 struck is a key date and under 2,500,000 is a semi-key. The same thresholds are used for every series on this site, so the tiers are comparable between them. That label describes production, not market value or how hard the coin is to find today. The variety where almost the entire striking was destroyed before release. The Mint replaced the wire rim with a rolled one, struck the coins in quantity, then decided against issuing them and sent nearly all to the melting pot. What survives is a few dozen coins.
What varieties exist for the 1907-P Rolled Edge Indian Head eagle?
Widely recognised varieties for this issue include Rolled Edge, With Periods. A rounded rim replacing the wire rim, still with periods either side of the reverse legends. Struck in quantity and then almost entirely melted before issue. Variety attributions should appear on the certification label rather than only in a seller's description.
What should I check before buying a 1907-P Rolled Edge Indian Head eagle?
Verify the certification number on the grading service's own lookup page, match the listing photographs to the certification record, check for cleaning, and compare the mintmark shape and position against published photographs of the genuine issue. Because so few exist, provenance matters as much as certification here, and any example should have a documented history.
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1 min readMintage sources
Mintage figures are U.S. Mint production records, cross-checked against the published tables below on 2026-08-02. Where those tables disagree, the disagreement is disclosed on the affected page rather than resolved silently.
- Wikipedia, "Indian Head eagle" — Mintage table reporting business strikes separately from proofs. Used for the business-strike figures here. Its 1907 table omits the Wire Rim and prints a survival estimate for the Rolled Edge.
- USA Coin Book, Indian Head eagle — Independent table listing the 1907 varieties. Its Philadelphia figures add that year's proofs into the business-strike total.
- CoinWeek, 1907 Indian Head eagle No Motto With Periods — Consulted for the 1907 varieties, and the source establishing that the figures the tables print for them are survival counts rather than production records.
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