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1879 Indian Head Cent Good

95% Copper/%5 Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1875 Indian Head Cent Good

1874 Indian Head Cent Good

Mintage for this tough to find cent was just 14,187,500 -- later Indian Head penny issues had outputs of over 100 million. At the height of the Civil War, bronze pennies like this replaced the copper-nickel type because nickel was needed for armaments...

1878 Indian Head Cent Good

This classic Indian Head cent, dated 1878, had an exceedingly low mintage of just 5.8 million. At that time outputs were significantly higher and in an issue later in the series reached over 100 million. The reverse displays the U.S. Shield and laurel...

1876 Indian Head Cent Good

Dated 1876, this classic bronze Indian Head cent had a low mintage of just 7.9 million. Just two years later, outputs would reach the tens of millions and would even surpass 100 million in 1907. Our Good quality retains basic designs with clear...

1873 Indian Head Cent Good

95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1870 Indian Head Cent Good

Collectors love Indian Head pennies! The quintessentially American coin features a native princess who was intended to be a Liberty personification. At the time, virtually every other U.S. coin denomination displayed Liberty, but the Wild West flavor of...

1871 Indian Head Cent Good

Everyone loves this historic U.S. Mint penny, whose Indian Princess design has a quintessentially American look. Just 3,929,500 of these classic 95% copper cents were minted over fourteen decades ago. With great buying power in their day, most endured...

1877 Indian Head Cent Good

In 1877, merely 852,500 Indian Head pennies were issued by the Philadelphia Mint - one for every 50 Americans then living. Comparatively few Americans collected pennies by date at the time, and there was a penny shortage in commerce, so the vast majority...