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1870 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I106811870 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I10681
1870 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I132881870 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I13288
1870 Indian Head Cent VF Very Fine Penny 1c Coin SKU:I129151870 Indian Head Cent VF Very Fine Penny 1c Coin SKU:I12915
1870 Indian Head Cent VG Very Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I47891870 Indian Head Cent VG Very Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I4789
1872 Indian Head Cent AU 55 BN NGC Penny 1c Coin SKU:I79301872 Indian Head Cent AU 55 BN NGC Penny 1c Coin SKU:I7930
1872 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I129351872 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I12935
1872 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I132581872 Indian Head Cent G Good Penny 1c Coin SKU:I13258
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1872 Indian Head Cent VF 20 BN NGC Bronze Penny 1c US Coin SKU:IPC68651872 Indian Head Cent VF 20 BN NGC Bronze Penny 1c US Coin SKU:IPC6865
1872 Indian Head Cent VF 35 BN NGC Penny 1c Coin SKU:I97521872 Indian Head Cent VF 35 BN NGC Penny 1c Coin SKU:I9752
1872 Indian Head Cent XF 45 PCGS Penny 1c Coin SKU:I117351872 Indian Head Cent XF 45 PCGS Penny 1c Coin SKU:I11735

Indian Head Cents: A Brief History

Design

The reverse of the 1859 first-year Indian Head pennies featured the inscription one cent surrounded by a laurel wreath, which in 1860 was changed to an oak wreath topped by a small shield. A slightly sharper Indian portrait was created near the end of 1864 and included designer James B. Longacre’s initial L on the lower ribbon behind the neck. Indian Heads were struck in bronze through the end of the series in 1909.

Composition

From 1859-1864, Indian Head pennies were struck in an 88% copper and 12% nickel alloy, which gave them a pale appearance and the nickname “white cents.” Copper-nickel Indian Head pennies of 1859-1864 were hoarded during the Civil War and were replaced in circulation by privately-issued bronze tokens. So the composition of Indian Head pennies was changed to bronze during 1864 and the issuance of private tokens was made illegal.

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