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My talk • My contributions • Sandbox • My email • India • My autograph book • India-related topics notice board • Spoken articles • Quiz • Portals • India • UN • Chess • Dogs • Contents • Keyboard shortcuts • MCB • WP:SHORT • My userboxes • CHU • 3O • RfC • FAC • RfA • DYK • RC • New pages (skip) • Help • Village Pump • Welcoming Committee • Recent Changes Patrol • VandalProof • Be bold • Don't bite the newcomers • Five pillars • Beware of the tigers • Amnesia test • Signatures Welcome to Nirajrm's (Niraj) userpage Today is Friday, April 25, 2025, 12:03 (UTC/GMT). Picture of the day The Indian Head gold pieces were two coin series struck by the United States Mint: a two-and-a-half dollar piece, or quarter eagle (1908–1915, 1925–1929), and a five-dollar coin, or half eagle (1908–1916, 1929). The only US coins with recessed (engraved) designs ever to enter circulation, they were the last of a long series of coins in those denominations. President Theodore Roosevelt advocated for new coin designs, and had the Mint engage his friend, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to design coins that could be changed without congressional authorization. The sculptor completed an eagle ($10 piece) and double eagle before his death in 1907. Roosevelt convinced Mint Director Frank A. Leach to reproduce the eagle's design on both of the smaller coins, but recessed below the background. The job fell to Boston sculptor Bela Pratt, and after some difficulty, the Mint was able to strike the coins, though Pratt was unhappy with modifications made by the Mint's engravers. The quarter eagle enjoyed popularity as a Christmas present, but neither coin circulated much. This photograph shows the obverse (left) and reverse (right) of a quarter eagle coin struck in 1908, which is in the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.Coin design credit: United States Mint; photographed by Jaclyn Nash Tip of the day... Super-customize your account with gadgets Add abilities to your account in the form of "gadgets", programs that you can activate from the Gadgets tab in Preferences. Gadgets range from very simple to extensive. Some of the most powerful gadgets are: Navigation popups – preview a page by hovering mouse pointer over the link to it. It is recursive: also preview within previews. Twinkle – multi-purpose tool to report vandalism, warn vandals, request deletion, welcome users, tag articles, and more. wikEd – a full-featured wiki-editor that replaces Wikipedia's default editor. Sidebar menu of custom templates and scripts. Responsive Content – enhance browsing experience of content on narrow and wide screen formats. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Gadget   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}} "The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of chess." — American philosopher, scientist, and author Benjamin Franklin