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Q. David Bowers: Brief Notes on Indian Head Cents

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By Q. David Bowers – Co-Founder, Stack’s Bowers ….. In 1859, a new design was adopted for the cent, incorporating on the obverse Miss Liberty dressed in an Indian war bonnet, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounding, and the date below. The design was by Chief Engraver James B. Longacre. ​The reverse displayed a laurel […]

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Coin Profile: United States 1877 Indian Head Cent

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Description: The small “white cents”, so-called because of their light color compared to that of the older large cents, had at first escaped the hoarding of coins that came with the Civil War. But by 1862, in spite of the production of millions of the coins, the cent had also disappeared from circulation, joining the […]

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