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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.
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
The Indian Head eagle is a $10 gold piece or eagle that was struck by the United States Mint continuously from 1907 until 1916, and then irregularly until 1933. The obverse and reverse were designed by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , originally commissioned for use on other denominations.
Indian head 1854 (no image available) This was the only year in which three-dollar gold pieces were struck in New Orleans. Half eagles ($5) Liberty head 1840–1847, 1851, 1854–1857, 1892–1894 Indian head 1909 (no image available) These coins were incused when minted; that is, the die pattern was pressed into the planchet. Eagles ($10)
In 1856, Longacre designed the Flying Eagle cent. When that design proved difficult to strike, Longacre was responsible for the replacement, the Indian Head cent, issued beginning in 1859. Other coins designed by Longacre include the silver and nickel three-cent pieces, the Shield nickel, the pattern Washington nickel, and the two-cent piece ...
Wartime Composition (56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese) 1942-1945 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1942 P 57,900,600 Can be told apart from the non-silver nickels since these have a mintmark above Monticello. S 32,900,000 1943 P 271,165,000 D 15,294,000 S 104,060,000 1944 P 119,150,000 D 32,309,000 S 21,640,000 1945 P 119,408,100 D 37,158,000 S