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8. 1864 Indian Head Penny “L” on Ribbon — $161,000. After Flying Eagle Cent was minted, the federal government transitioned to the Indian Head Penny in 1864. Like VDB, who struck his ...
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CoinTrackers.com estimates a penny in average conditions to be worth $8,000, ... The 1871 Indian Head penny is part of a series of Indian Head, Shield Reverse coins struck between 1859 and 1909 ...
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.
The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper–nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser . As part of a drive to beautify the coinage, five denominations of US coins had received new designs between 1907 and 1909.
1913 Liberty Head nickel: PF-64 CAC United States Hawaii Five-O Heritage Auctions [24] January 2014 $3,172,500 1913 1913 Liberty Head nickel: PR-63 United States George O. Walton Heritage Auctions [25] April 2013 $3,090,000 1927-D Saint-Gaudens double eagle: MS-66+ CAC United States Eliasberg Private sale [26] August 6, 2021 $3,000,000 1911
One of these pennies sold for $1.7 million in 2010. Today, it’s valued at about $2.3 million in mint uncirculated condition. ... But you don’t need to go back 80 years to find pennies worth a ...
For example, on a Lincoln cent, the head covers about one sixth of the area; on the Buffalo nickel, about five sixths of the area. Moreover, the nickel is a larger coin. Large heads also adorn the Morgan dollar and the Columbian half dollar commemoratives of 1892–1893; but these coins were rarely altered, because of their high value.