After a ten-year hiatus, production of the Indian Head Eagle resumed at the San Francisco Mint. This is the final mint marked date of this design and it is one of the rarer dates in the series from the standpoint of overall rarity. Unlike the earlier dates from this mint, the 1930-S Indian Head Eagle did not appear to circulate and, as a result, it is almost never seen in grades below MS60.

1930-S Head Eagle: Strike Quality & Surface Variants

The 1930-S Indian Head Eagle is much more sharply struck than the 1920-S although some pieces are not fully detailed at the central obverse. Typically, there is some weakness on the curls around the face and on the reverse at the lower portion of the eagle’s wing and the nearby leg.

Many 1930-S Eagles were roughly handled and as a result, the surfaces are often heavily abraded. It appears that a few small hoards have been found on which the surfaces are much cleaner and these pieces were probably not thrown loosely into bags as with other surviving examples.