Talk:Indian Head eagle

Image layout

Wehwalt, on my screen (Resolution 1920 x 1200), there are huge areas of white space in the first section and the design section due to image placement. I think there may be too many images embedded in text to fit - would it work better to have the images either made smaller or to have a gallery at the bottom? (I hate galleries, but I see a LOT Of white space). Karanacs (talk) 23:25, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Obviously I don't have it on my screen! It is hard to fix what I can't see, but I got rid of a couple of images, that I did not deem essential. Does that help?--Wehwalt (talk) 23:32, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The white space in the design section is gone now. I think the issue in the first section is that the infobox is sooo long that the other two right-aligned images have to wait their turn on the page, thus causing a break in the text. If you move one of them to be on the left instead of the right, that should help. I don't know if that will cause any more issues on your resolution, though. And, as a side note, I'm really enjoying this series you are writing. Thanks for putting in the effort! Karanacs (talk) 01:02, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Well, there goes my idea of putting a "no motto" eagle reverse in the infobox as well!--Wehwalt (talk) 09:51, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Don't do galleries at the very bottom. That becomes a penalty box and is just stray images with no org to topic. Do the TCO-trick of "centered above or below section text". It gets you out of this whole evil text-wrapping concern and section break interaction problems. Look at painted turtle (subspecies top and bottom images, also the map) or at Fluorine (couple places) or even Manhattan Project (Ore section). (P.s. I'm on a laptop and the layout just squeeks by for me. Could see how on a desktop could be an issue).TCO (reviews needed)

I will continue to play with it. For Turban Head eagle, which is more or less done, I'm just not going to worry about left or right facing off the page when it comes to works of art.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:20, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

The left right thing has been way overblown. I have seen works with all right images and it does not bother the reader if some action is directed out of page. Think it is a very minor thing (nice sure, but minor) compared to messing up layouts overall, but we let it do so. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Giano has done damage with his comment about that in the how to FA essay, as well as the ambiguous wording in the MOS. Even if you don't want to center some, you should try getting a couple side-by-side, but on the side. The thing is that the more you can make the images go L-R instead of up-down, the more it helps you with the text wrap headache. I look at aspect ration now when I pick images with that in mind (stubbier works better).TCO (reviews needed) 09:43, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Well, sure, you want people to see the images in good size. And I agree with you on galleries, they remove images from the relevant text.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:50, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Now a FA in Chinese Wikipedia

I have translated this article to Chinese Wikipedia here and promoted to FA status, and I want to thank User:Wehwalt for his effort to write this amazing article. --Jarodalien (talk) 08:31, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Harriet or Henrietta?

This article says that Hettie (the model) is short for Harriet, but the double eagle article says it's Henrietta. Which is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:0:1000:4011:A1CF:2EE:242A:CF93 (talk) 20:49, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

File:NNC-US-1907-G$10-Indian Head (no motto).jpg +1 to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:NNC-US-1907-G$10-Indian Head (no motto).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 19, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-07-19. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:58, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Picture of the day

The Indian Head eagle was a ten-dollar gold piece, or eagle, struck by the United States Mint from 1907 until 1933. The obverse and the reverse, designed by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, were originally commissioned for use on other denominations. As sculpted by Saint-Gaudens, it was in too high relief for the Mint to strike readily, and the necessary modifications took months. The omission of the motto "In God We Trust" on the new coins caused public outrage, and prompted Congress to pass a bill mandating the motto's inclusion. Later editions of the coin included the motto.

Shown here is a coin struck in 1908, including the motto. See the version omitting the motto.Photograph: National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History