US Indian Head Penny Coins
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The United States Indian Head Cent
The U.S. Indian penny replaced the U.S. Flying Eagle one cent coins and was produced by the United States Mint from 1859 to 1909. These one cent copper coins designed by James Barton Longacre feature a bust of Lady Liberty wearing a Native Indian head dress with a band containing the word Liberty on the front or obverse of the coin.
Indian cents minted from 1859 to 1864 have no mark referring to the coins designer. In 1864 Longacre made some detail modifications to the front of the coin and the letter L standing for his last initial was placed on the ribbon located on Liberty's neck. Coins were minted at the Philadelphia mint and also at the San Francisco Mint during 1908 and 1909. In 1909 the Indian cent was replaced by the Lincoln Head penny.
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Indian cents minted from 1859 to 1864 have no mark referring to the coins designer. In 1864 Longacre made some detail modifications to the front of the coin and the letter L standing for his last initial was placed on the ribbon located on Liberty's neck. Coins were minted at the Philadelphia mint and also at the San Francisco Mint during 1908 and 1909. In 1909 the Indian cent was replaced by the Lincoln Head penny.
You can purchase these coins online at Penny Coin Sale
Last update: Friday 06/01/2012
Key Date Indian Head Pennies
The 1909 S Indian cent minted at the San Fransico Mint has the lowest mintage of this penny coin series with a total of 309,000 minted.Although it has the lowest number of coins minted, the 1909 S is not the rarest coin of the series. The 1877 Indian Head with a mintage of 852,500 coins produced at the Philadelphia Mint is much harder to find than the 1909 S and can be quite expensive especially in high condition grades.
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- Morgan Silver Dollar
- Morgan silver dollar coins produced by the Unites States Mint are one of the most popular and beautiful coins to collect.
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- Minted from 1948 to 1963. The half dollar coin pictures Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse.
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- Coin grading services provide coin collectors with a standard for determining the condition grade of a rare or key date coin and reduce the chances of a collector purchasing a counterfeit coin. These coins are graded and sealed in a air tight plastic contain with a label identifying the coin and condition grade.
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- These popular and highly collectible five cent U.S. coins are often referred to by many as a buffalo or Indian head nickels.
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- Collecting U.S. mint coins enables anyone to look into our county's rich heritage. The hobby of coin collecting is open to anyone of any age from all walks of life.
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- Those new to coin collecting as well as advanced coin collectors and investors may want to consider collecting one of the many types and years of silver dollar coins.
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- What are key date coins? Just about any coin collector of U.S. coins will tell you that a key date coin is the most rare or difficult to obtain coin of a series.
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- Very popular among coin collectors and investors are the Liberty head series of gold coins, Saint-Gaudens, Indian head gold coins often referred to as double eagles, eagles and half eagles.
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- Liberty Head nickels were struck every year from 1883 to 1912. Most were struck at the main U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, but in 1912 the Denver and San Francisco mints also produced the coins.
- Walking Liberty Half Dollar
- Walking Liberty silver halves were minted from 1916 to 1947. The coin is named after its representation of Liberty on the obverse.
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- Washington Silver Quarters
- U.S. Washington silver quarters were produced by the United States Mint from 1932 to 1964. Designed by John Flanagan, these silver quarters weigh 6.25 grams and are composed of 90% silver and 10% copper.
- Mercury Head Silver Dimes
- Mercury dimes are very popular with U.S. coin collectors and most dates with a few exceptions are can be found with little difficulty.
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- United States coins that contain a 90% silver content were produced by the United States Mint up to and during the year 1964.
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- Coin News for U.S. Coins
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