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The Indian Head cent, also known as an Indian Head penny, was a one-cent coin ($0.01) produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint. From 1793 to 1857, the cent was a copper coin about the size of a half dollar.
Mints use hubs bearing raised images similar to the images that appear on a coin to imprint indented images onto the ends of steel rods. Those rods become the dies which strike planchets making them into coins. Hub and die errors can occur at the time the dies are made, when the dies are installed into presses, and from die deterioration during ...
An improperly cleaned Indian Head cent from 1900. Note the wear present, as well as tarnished areas on the "brilliant red" surface. Coin cleaning is the controversial process of removing undesirable substances from a coin's surface in order to make it more attractive to potential buyers. The subject is disputed among the numismatic community ...
James Longacre, self-portrait at about age 12. James Barton Longacre was born on a farm in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1794.His mother Sarah (Barton) Longacre died early in his life; his father, Peter Longacre, was the descendant of early Swedish settlers of North America. [1]
The AM letters are either touching or are distinctly apart in some Lincoln cents minted in 1998, 1999, 2000, and perhaps others to be discovered. Normally, the wide AM design is reserved for the Lincoln proof designs. Below is a photograph of a wide AM Lincoln cent. 1970-D Jefferson nickel High D 1970-D Jefferson nickel Low D Lincoln Cent Wide ...
1883, With "CENTS" on reverse 1884 (P) 11,273,942 1885 (P) 1,476,490 Key date 1886 ... Indian Head (or Buffalo) nickel 1913–1938 Year Mint Mintage Comments
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6 over 5 overdate errors are known. [3] 1807 (P) 220,643 Capped Bust quarter. Large diameter Large diameter, 1815–1828 (Silver) ... United States cent mintage figures.