Indian Head Cents Good-Very Good Condition
ANA Grading Standards:
GOODObverse: Entire design is well worn with very little detail remaining. Legendand date are weak but visible. Reverse: Wreath is worn flat but completely outlined. Bow merges with wreath. Rim is incomplete in spots.
VERY GOOD Obverse: Outline of feathers show but some are smooth. Legend and date are visible. Some letters in LIBERTY show; any combination of two full full letters and parts of others is sufficient. Reverse: Slight detail in wreath shows, but the top is worn smooth. Very little outline shows in the bow. Rim is incomplete.
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The Flying Eagle copper-nickel cent always caused problems for the US Mint. The eagle head and tail were directly opposite the wreath on the reverse causing problems with the dies. After much ...
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Product ID: 3307
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Certainly the more widely circulated cent in that year than that of the Pointed Bust, the Round Bust (sometimes referred to as Broad Bust) has been collected as the only Indian Head cent of that ...
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Product ID: 3308
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In December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Less than three months later, the states of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and ...
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Product ID: 3309
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Some coin varieties are immediately noticeable and popular shortly upon issue, others take some time before being recognized as legitimate. In the case of the 1860 Indian Head cent, the difference ...
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Product ID: 34351
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The year 1862 saw interesting developments for the Civil War, most notably Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, in which he declared all slaves in Confederate states as free, curiously, ...
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Product ID: 3310
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The year 1863 was another year dominated by the events of the American Civil War. Obviously Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did little to free the four million slaves living in the ...
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Product ID: 3311
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The Civil War continued to ravage the country through 1864. Although both sides saw victories and losses, the Confederacy’s days were clearly numbered. Most notably, General William ...
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Product ID: 3313
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Lincoln won his reelection in 1864, winning only 55% of the popular vote. Interestingly, he beat his former commander of Union forces, George McClellan, who was removed from his office only two ...
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Product ID: 3312
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As with all wars, the Civil War brought about many economic changes to the United States. The federal government’s new paper money continued to lose value against gold and silver. By the ...
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Product ID: 17062
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Many changes were brought to the country in the year 1865. By February of that year, every Southern port was occupied by Union forces. In March, General Lee requested a parlay, to which President ...
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Product ID: 3314
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The Civil War had ended but the country was still reeling from the bloodiest war the country would ever see. The economy began to flourish, but corruption and graft plagued a reconstruction era ...
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Product ID: 3315
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The nation grew twofold in the year 1867. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for just over $7,000,000. Critics of the Secretary nicknamed the territory ...
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Product ID: 3316
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Andrew Johnson would be impeached in the House of Representatives in the year 1868. He would be saved in the Senate’s lengthy trial by only one vote. It is thought that he was not impeached ...
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Product ID: 3317
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Perhaps the most important news for the country in 1869 was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Promontory Summit, Utah. People could now travel from New York to California without ...
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Product ID: 3318
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The year 1870 was a progressive year for the United States. The 15th Amendment was passed guaranteeing citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or condition of servitude. This, ...
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Product ID: 3319
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Citizenry of the United States grew widely in 1871, however, not due to immigration or because anyone wanted to necessarily become Americans. The Congress passed the Indian Appropriation Act in ...
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Product ID: 3320
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Horses, something seldom thought of today, cause a huge panic in 1872. The Great Epizootic of 1872, a virus, killed over four million horses. This caused commerce to stop and fires in cities to ...
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Product ID: 3321
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During the Panic of 1873, wages fell dramatically and many lost their jobs. European investors withdrew their money from the United States causing further tightening of the economy. Stocks also ...
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Product ID: 3322
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The Panic of 1873 had many root causes, however, the effects of this depression was widespread. Not only did the stock market close for ten days and stock prices fall steeply, but by the end of ...
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Product ID: 34300
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In 1874, the average American began hitting back at the wealthier well to do Americans. Mark Twain wrote his famous “The Gilded Age†attacking materialism. The state of Massachusetts ...
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Product ID: 3323
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For those sports lovers, 1875 is a very important year. Harvard and Yale Universities were brought together for their first football game. The first that would start one of the United ...
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Product ID: 3324
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This year was the hundredth anniversary of United States independence. President Ulysses Grant addressed a crowd in Philadelphia. This speech also marked the first time a leader of a major foreign ...
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Product ID: 3325
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Rutherford Hayes took office in the year 1887. Some newspapers dubbed him “His Fraudulency†due to his winning of the presidential office despite the loser, Samuel Tilden, winning the ...
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Product ID: 3326
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The nation still reeled from the Panic of 1873, and in the year 1878, over 10,000 business would fail in the United States. This did not stop the American people and businesses from innovating. ...
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Product ID: 3327
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In 1879 the farmers of the United States finally got a much needed break from the economic downturns. Crop yields in Europe were dangerously low, so demand for grains from the United States were ...
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Product ID: 3328
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During America’s Gilded Age, innovation ruled supreme. It was no different in the year 1880. Thomas Edison continued to develop and perfect practical light bulbs. Singer’s sewing ...
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Product ID: 3329
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The year 1881 holds a strange distinction, this year three different US presidents would hold office. Rutherford Hayes stepped down from the Oval Office as James Garfield was inaugurated. That ...
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Product ID: 3330
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Policies from 1882 still reverberate today. Congress at the time passed an Immigration Act, charging all new immigrants landing at American ports 50 cents. Authorities at the ports also held the ...
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Product ID: 3331
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For those living in New York City, 1883 is a very special year. After 14 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge was completed, finally connecting the Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs. At that ...
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Product ID: 3332
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As with the presidential election before it, the election of 1884 was decided by a very small margin of 20,000 votes. This year saw the election of a Democrat, Grover Cleveland, for the first time ...
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Product ID: 3333
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The year 1885 would forever change the face of New York City’s harbor. The Statue of Liberty crossed the Atlantic in over 200 crates, landing at the harbor in 350 pieces. The United States ...
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Product ID: 3334
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The Indian Head Cent of 1886, Type II, is a notable coin in American numismatic history. Designed by James Barton Longacre, the Indian Head Cent series is highly regarded for its artistic merit ...
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Product ID: 38320
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The railroad industry would be the first private industry ever regulated by the United States government. In 1887, Congress created the Interstate Commerce Commission. In a similar act, Congress ...
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Product ID: 3336
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1888 was a year many Americans were riveted by murders in London’s Whitechapel district. Jack the Ripper’s mysterious murders and crimes gripped the nation. Onto a more savory ...
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Product ID: 3337
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The United States would grow immensely in the year 1889, as the nation admitted North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to the Union. However, in that same year, the world also grew ...
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Product ID: 3338
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The United States has census every ten years. The year 1890 would be no different. The United States was growing; it had a population of over 60,000,000. Like today, the wealthiest one percent of ...
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Product ID: 3339
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The nation continued to innovate, primarily the nations chief inventor: Thomas Edison. In the year 1891, Edison patented the radio and a motion picture camera, however a number of French inventors ...
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Product ID: 3340
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On the first day of 1892 Ellis Island opened its doors to immigrants. During its tenure it would welcome over 60 million immigrants to New York Harbor. William Wrigley would begin selling chewing ...
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Product ID: 3341
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In 1893, the nation saw another economic panic. The stock market saw a steep drop until its eventual crash in the summer. By the end of the year, over 15,000 businesses closed, nearly 75 railroads ...
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Product ID: 3342
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The Panic of 1893 continued to haunt the country into the following year. As 1894 wore on, many labor union strikes occured. The government established the first Monday of every September as Labor ...
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Product ID: 3343
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The country continued to wane economically through the year 1895. The United States treasury reserves fell all the way to $41 million. Famously, in order to help the government, J. P. Morgan and ...
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Product ID: 3344
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1896 would be an abysmal year for race relations in the United States. One that would affect the country for decades. The Supreme Court upheld a law stating that racial segregation could be upheld ...
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Product ID: 3345
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Just across the street from the US Capitol building, the Library of Congress was finally completed in 1897. This building had been used for storing the nation’s books since 1851. Crafty ...
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Product ID: 3346
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Spanish and American relations would finally come to a head in the year 1898. The American Battleship Maine exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. Two hundred sixty died in the explosion and the ...
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Product ID: 3347
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Early in the year 1899, President William McKinley signed a peace treaty with Spain thus ending the Spanish American War. In the peace treaty, Spain would cede Puerto Rico and Guam to the liberty ...
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Product ID: 3348
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At the turn of the century, the population in the United States was over 75 million, much of the recent boom in population was due to immigration. Hawaii became a territory of the United States, ...
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Product ID: 3349
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The United States would mourn the death of its popular Republican president, William McKinley. On a trip to Buffalo, New York, McKinley was shot twice by a Polish anarchist. He would die from his ...
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Product ID: 3350
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Technology and companies continued to grow in 1902. A traveler could take a railroad from New York City to Chicago and arrive in 20 hours. However, large trusts and monopolies became a huge ...
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Product ID: 3351
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The year 1903 is a year well remembered. The American people continued to surprise the world with new innovations and technology. Orville and Wilbur Wright tested their first successful glider ...
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Product ID: 3352
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Although it was a year late, in 1904, St. Louis hosted the hundredth year anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Much like the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, visitors came from ...
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Product ID: 3353
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In the year 1905, President Roosevelt invited Japanese and Russian delegates to the United States to bring an end to the Russo Japanese War. This would be the first major foreign war to be brought ...
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Product ID: 3354
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California mourned the destruction of one of its most iconic cities in 1906. A major earthquake shook the entire city of San Francisco. More than one thousand perished and over 28,000 buildings ...
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Product ID: 3355
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San Francisco could catch no break from their recent earthquake. By 1907, the city was in dire need of funds to rebuild when the bubonic plague hit the city. City Health Department officials ...
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Product ID: 3356
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The world famous Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop first began in the year 1908. It has since been the beacon that the entire United States looks to as the new year begins. The ...
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Product ID: 3357
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1908 was a very important year for cartoon lovers. Tex Avery was born in 1908. He would go on to draw some of the most iconic cartoons in cinematic history, including Buggs Bunny and Daffy Duck. ...
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Product ID: 3358
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In 1909, prohibitionists continued to destroy saloons. They believed that alcohol destroyed families. The prohibitionists leader, Carry Nation, vowed to close every “hell-hole†in ...
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Product ID: 3359
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President Roosevelt’s successor, President William Taft, ironically built a naval base at Pearl Harbor to protect the United States from Japanese aggression. As the United States built up ...
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