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INDIAN HEAD CENTS - LOT OF 2; ONE FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF MINTING - 1859! ONE FROM 1863 - MINTED DURI

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INDIAN HEAD CENTS - LOT OF 2; ONE FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF MINTING - 1859! ONE FROM 1863 - MINTED DURI
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This item SOLD at 2026 Feb 08 @ 19:37UTC-06:00 : CST/MDT
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INDIAN HEAD CENTS - LOT OF 2; ONE FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF MINTING - 1859! ONE FROM 1863 - MINTED DURING THE CIVIL WAR!

THE 1859 PENNY WAS FIRST YEAR OF ISSUE FOR THE INDIAN HEAD CENT THE ONLY YEAR WITH THIS SPECIFIC LAUREL WREATH WITHOUT A SHIELD DESIGN ON THE REVERSE; 1863 PENNY IS THE SPECIFIC YEAR THAT WAS MADE FROM A COPPER-NICKEL ALLOY, MAKING IT HEAVIER AND PALER THAN LATER BRONZE ISSUES; HISTORICAL CONTEXT: THE 1863 COIN WAS MINTED DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) AND WAS IN CIRCULATION WHEN THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED! INDIAN HEAD CENTS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS INDIAN HEAD PENNIES; PRODUCED BY THE U.S. MINT FROM 1859 TO 1909; FROM 1859–1864, THESE COINS ARE 88 PERCENT COPPER, 12 PERCENT NICKEL; FROM 1864–1909 THEY ARE 95 PERCENT COPPER, 5 PERCENT TIN AND ZINC

THE DESIGN, CREATED BY JAMES BARTON LONGACRE, FEATURES A PERSONIFICATION OF LIBERTY WEARING AN EAGLE-FEATHERED HEADDRESS ON THE OBVERSE AND AN OAK WREATH AND SHIELD ON THE REVERSE

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