Indian Head Pennies: A Hugely Popular Collectible Coin Series
Indian Head Pennies are a hugely popular collectible coin series that shows no signs of slowing down in popularity.
They are popular with amateur collectors and experienced numismatists alike. They can be collected on nearly any budget and a complete set is not outside the reach of most collectors if you create a plan to pay for the rarer key dates.
Indian Head Pennies were in circulation during the Civil War and were freely spent in the Old West. When you hold an Indian Head Penny in your hand, your mind can race with thoughts of what famous person may have spent it and what kinds of items it purchased.
Indian head pennies were minted from 1859 to 1909 and come in two distinct varieties.
Indian Head pennies minted from 1859 to the beginning of 1864 were made of 88% copper and 12% nickel. These copper nickel Indian Head pennies are thicker and heavier than the bronze types to come later on. They were designed to contain a full 1/100 of a dollar's worth of copper. In the younger years of our Nation, coinage was designed to have REAL value and people did not trust paper money because it had no real value. People often hoarded coins to the point where there was an extreme shortage of coins during The Civil War.
The 1859 Indian Penny has no shield at the top of the reverse on the coin. This is the only date in the series not to have the shield.
Because of the difficulty in minting the copper nickel pennies, in the middle of 1864 the composition of Indian Head Pennies was changed to 95% copper and 5% tin/zinc. These bronze Indian Head Pennies were quite a thinner than their copper nickel counterparts, but the higher percentage of copper meant that citizens were still receiving a coin containing 1/100 of a dollar's worth of copper. The composition remained bronze until the series was discontinued in 1909.
All Indian Head Pennies minted prior to 1908 were struck in the Philadelphia Mint.
A small number of 1908 and 1909 Indian cents were minted at the San Francisco Mint. These 2 dates are the only ones in the series to bear a mint mark, and the 1908 S and 1909 S Indian Head Pennies are two of the scarcer key dates in the series.
The other main key date of the series is the 1877 Indian head penny. Only 852,000 specimens were struck and and in G-4 condition books for $985 or more. Many of the dates from the late 1860's and 1870's have low mintages and comprise the semi keys of the series. Average circulated bronze Indian head Pennies cost between 2 and 7 dollars a piece and the copper nickel ones average $10-$20 a piece. Coins in better condition sell much higher and many uncirculated Indian Head Pennies sell for hundreds of dollars or more.
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 1859 Indian Head Cent US Coins  US $6.60
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 1909 INDIAN HEAD CENT COIN ORIGINAL BROWN GREAT COIN SEE PHOTOS US $14.00
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 1860 Indian Head Cent US Coins US $6.60
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 1862 Indian Head Cent US Coins US $6.60
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 1863 Indian Head Cent US Coins US $6.60
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 1882 Indian Head Cent Circulated Coin Low Bid No Real Problem US $.99
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 1864 Indian Head Cent US Coins US $6.60
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 1864 Indian Head Bronze Cent US Coins US $6.60
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