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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.
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 result of the large mintages were due to a widespread shortage of small change that was blamed on coin collectors. [ 3 ] the following year, The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all mint marks from nickels that were issued by the mints, this lasted until 1968 when the mintmark was moved from the reverse to the obverse side of the coin.
This table represents the mintage figures of circulating coins produced by the United States Mint since 1887. This list does not include formerly-circulating gold coins, commemorative coins, or bullion coins.
1909-S Indian Head Penny. Lastly, the 1909-S Indian Head penny is seeing a rise in collectors’ interest. This penny is very beautiful, and with only 300,000 minted so far, it is a popular coin ...
In Canada, coin roll hunters obtain rolls of nickels, and sometimes dimes and quarters. Dimes and quarters didn't have high mint numbers until silver was discontinued in the middle of 1968. After 1968, coins were minted in very high numbers, making silver coins uncommon, plus the introduction of silver-rejecting bank machines took many silver coin
Matron Head large cent, 1816–1839 (Copper except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1816 (P) 2,820,982 1817 (P) 3,948,400 (P) 5 Proof 1818
Below are the mintage figures for the United States quarter up to 1930, before the Washington quarter design was introduced.. The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark):