1 Cent "Indian Head Cent"

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1864-1909
Value	1 Cent (0.01 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Bronze (.950 copper, .050 tin and zinc)
Weight	3.11 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	1.47 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 2356
References	KM# 90a, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 117a Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Liberty with Indian headdress bearing the word Liberty with the date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1901

Engraver: James Barton Longacre

Designer: James Barton Longacre

Reverse

Shield and wreath with lettering centered and the mintmark below the date (1908 and 1909 only)

Script: Latin

Lettering: ONE CENT

Engraver: James Barton Longacre

Designer: James Barton Longacre

Edge

Plain

Mints

	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
S	United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

Minted for over 50 years, Indian Head cents are widely considered the most beautiful copper coins in American history. Introduced shortly before the War between the States in 1859, they were struck by the U.S. Mint until 1909. Designed by James Longacre, these historic cents were the nation's first coinage tribute to the noble, proud American Indian. His Longacre design also represented the first time that official United States Mint coins featured a distinctly American motif. The standard weight of this coin was 48 grains.
1864

1865

1869

1870, 1871, 1872

1873

1875

1886

1888

1894

1908

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1864	39 233 714	$ 21	$ 21	$ 21	$ 21	$ 130			2%	With "L"
1864									0.10%	With "L", overdate 18/18
1864	35								0.19%	With "L"; Proof
1864		$ 9.10	$ 11	$ 12	$ 22				6%	Without "L"
1864	150								0.11%	Without "L"; Proof
1865		$ 10.00							0.5%	Fancy "5"
1865		$ 5.70							0.4%	Plain "5"
1865	35 429 286	$ 4.90	$ 5.10	$ 13	$ 17	$ 23			6%	Plain "5" or Fancy "5"; overdate 5/4 may exist but not proven
1865	500								0.2%	Proof
1866	9 826 500	$ 28	$ 60	$ 60					3%
1866	725								0.13%	Proof
1867	9 821 000	$ 19	$ 25				$ 25		2%
1867	625								0.11%	Proof
1868	10 266 500	$ 17	$ 19	$ 26	$ 26				3%
1868	600								0.10%	Proof
1869	6 420 000	$ 27			$ 82				1.8%
1869									0.06%	Overdate 69/69
1869	600								0.13%	Proof
1870	5 275 000	$ 51							0.7%	Bold "N"
1870		$ 44	$ 44						1.5%	Shallow "N"
1870	1 000								0.11%	Shallow "N"; Proof
1871	3 929 500	$ 62							1.1%	Bold "N"
1871		$ 73							1.0%	Shallow "N"
1871	960								0.08%	Shallow "N"; Proof
1872	4 042 000	$ 40	$ 85						0.7%	Bold "N"
1872	950								0.09%	Bold "N"; Proof
1872									0.9%	Shallow "N"
1873	11 676 500	$ 12	$ 12	$ 12	$ 17				3%	Closed "3"
1873	1 100								0.08%	Closed "3"; Proof
1873									0.09%	Doubled "LIBERTY"
1873		$ 18	$ 19						1.0%	Open "3"
1874	14 187 500	$ 8.70	$ 15	$ 15	$ 38	$ 49			4%
1874	700								0.10%	Proof
1875	13 528 000	$ 9.10	$ 11	$ 20	$ 23	$ 48	$ 150		4%
1875									0.07%	Dot on "N" reverse
1875	700								0.07%	Proof
1876	7 944 000	$ 13	$ 13	$ 13	$ 25	$ 53	$ 180		3%
1876	1 150								0.10%	Proof
1877	852 500	$ 510							1.0%
1877	900								0.13%	Proof
1878	5 797 500	$ 20	$ 20	$ 27	$ 27				3%
1878	2 350								0.11%	Proof
1879	16 228 000	$ 4.80	$ 5.70	$ 11	$ 16				6%
1879	3 200								0.08%	Proof
1880	38 961 000	$ 2.20	$ 2.90	$ 4.50	$ 4.50	$ 6.10	$ 19	$ 120	11%
1880	3 955								0.16%	Proof
1881	39 208 000	$ 2.60	$ 2.80	$ 4.90	$ 4.90	$ 11	$ 58		11%
1881	3 575								0.15%	Proof
1882	38 578 000	$ 2.80	$ 2.80	$ 3.80	$ 8.30	$ 14			11%
1882	3 100								0.11%	Proof
1883	45 591 500	$ 2.90	$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 5.80	$ 5.80			12%
1883	6 609								0.17%	Proof
1884	23 257 800	$ 2.80	$ 3.30	$ 3.30	$ 3.30	$ 6.00			8%
1884	3 942								0.11%	Proof
1885	11 761 594	$ 5.00	$ 5.00	$ 7.80	$ 16	$ 43			6%
1885	3 790								0.08%	Proof
1886	17 650 000	$ 4.10	$ 4.10	$ 4.10	$ 4.20	$ 7.40			6%	Variety 1
1886	4 290								0.13%	Variety 1; Proof
1886		$ 5.40	$ 8.00	$ 12	$ 22				3%	Variety 2
1886									0.10%	Variety 2; Proof
1887	45 223 523	$ 2.20	$ 2.80	$ 2.80	$ 2.80	$ 12	$ 41	$ 41	14%
1887	2 960								0.15%	Proof
1888	37 489 832	$ 1.90	$ 2.80	$ 2.80	$ 4.30	$ 5.90			13%
1888									0.14%	Overdate 8/7
1888	4 582								0.14%	Proof
1889	48 866 025	$ 1.90	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	$ 4.20	$ 7.30	$ 22		16%
1889	3 336								0.14%	Proof
1890	57 180 114	$ 2.00	$ 2.40	$ 2.70	$ 3.70	$ 6.00	$ 19		17%
1890	2 740								0.19%	Proof
1891	47 070 000	$ 1.90	$ 2.50	$ 2.70	$ 2.80	$ 5.20			15%
1891	2 350								0.15%	Proof
1892	37 647 087	$ 1.60	$ 1.80	$ 2.40	$ 3.30	$ 16	$ 24		14%
1892	2 745								0.2%	Proof
1893	46 640 000	$ 2.00	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.80	$ 5.20	$ 23		16%
1893	2 195								0.17%	Proof
1894	16 749 500	$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 4.30	$ 11			8%
1894									0.08%	Double date
1894	2 632								0.2%	Proof
1895	38 341 574	$ 1.80	$ 1.90	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 5.20	$ 12	$ 78	14%
1895	2 062								0.16%	Proof
1896	39 055 431	$ 1.80	$ 2.30	$ 2.60	$ 3.30	$ 8.70			15%
1896	1 862								0.16%	Proof
1897	50 464 392	$ 1.90	$ 2.20	$ 2.40	$ 3.50	$ 8.70	$ 25		18%
1897	1 938								0.17%	Proof
1898	49 821 284	$ 2.00	$ 2.00	$ 2.50	$ 2.60	$ 5.20			18%
1898	1 795								0.2%	Proof
1899	53 598 000	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 2.20	$ 3.60	$ 6.40	$ 20		20%
1899	2 031								0.2%	Proof
1900	66 831 502	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 1.90	$ 2.40	$ 6.10	$ 18	$ 57	22%
1900	2 262								0.2%	Proof
1901	79 609 158	$ 1.70	$ 1.80	$ 2.20	$ 3.20	$ 6.30	$ 18	$ 77	26%
1901	1 985								0.2%	Proof
1902	87 374 704	$ 1.80	$ 1.90	$ 2.10	$ 2.90	$ 5.20	$ 19	$ 32	27%
1902	2 018								0.2%	Proof
1903	85 092 703	$ 1.60	$ 1.70	$ 2.10	$ 2.60	$ 4.90	$ 8.30	$ 35	27%
1903	1 790								0.3%	Proof
1904	61 326 198	$ 1.60	$ 1.80	$ 2.10	$ 2.90	$ 5.90	$ 11	$ 42	23%
1904	1 817								0.17%	Proof
1905	80 717 011	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.10	$ 3.20	$ 4.30	$ 12	$ 42	27%
1905	2 152								0.3%	Proof
1906	96 020 530	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 2.70	$ 3.00	$ 5.10	$ 20	$ 24	31%
1906	1 725								0.4%	Proof
1907	108 137 143	$ 1.80	$ 1.90	$ 2.20	$ 2.70	$ 4.80	$ 9.90	$ 28	34%
1907	1 475								0.3%	Proof
1908	32 326 367	$ 1.80	$ 1.90	$ 2.10	$ 3.30	$ 5.70	$ 25	$ 43	18%
1908	1 620								0.2%	Proof
1908 S	1 115 000		$ 47	$ 98	$ 99	$ 150			2%
1909	14 368 470	$ 4.00	$ 4.10	$ 4.70	$ 5.70	$ 13	$ 19	$ 73	11%
1909	2 175								0.2%	Proof
1909 S	309 000								0.9%

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	Katz Auction 61 Lot 1133	Jun 7, 2022	1867	AU	USD 24.80 (EUR 23.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 79 Lot 2256	Mar 21, 2023	1868	AU	USD 134.80 (EUR 125.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 79 Lot 2257	Mar 21, 2023	1874	XF	USD 48.53 (EUR 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 63 Lot 3912	Jul 26, 2022	1876	VF	USD 49.61 (EUR 46.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 61 Lot 1134	Jun 7, 2022	1878	VF	USD 18.33 (EUR 17.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 79 Lot 2258	Mar 21, 2023	1879	AU	USD 44.21 (EUR 41.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 94 Lot 2693	Aug 30, 2023	1880	AU	USD 23.72 (EUR 22.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 72 Lot 2992	Dec 21, 2022	1880	AU	USD 10.78 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 69 Lot 3177	Oct 29, 2022	1880	AU	USD 19.41 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 57 Lot 920	Mar 19, 2022	1880	AU	USD 25.88 (EUR 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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