1904 INDIAN Head Cent United States of America Antique USA Coin Liberty i43935
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Item: i43935Authentic Coin of:United States of AmericaIndian Head Cent19mmUNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1904 , Liberty wearing Indian headdress.ONE CENT within oak wreath, shield above.The head on the obverse is actually Liberty, wearing the Indian headdress, not a Native American.You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.The Indian Head cent , also known as an Indian Head penny , was a one-cent coin ($0.01) produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre , the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint .From 1793 to 1857, the cent was a copper coin about the size of a half dollar . As rising copper prices made it impractical to keep striking them, in 1857 the Mint reduced the size of the cent, issuing a new design, the Flying Eagle cent . The new pieces were identical in diameter to modern cents, though somewhat thicker and made of copper-nickel. The design caused production difficulties, and the Mint soon looked to replace the coin. Mint Director James Ross Snowden selected the Indian Head design, and chose a laurel wreath for the reverse that was replaced in 1860 by an oak wreath with a shield. Cents were hoarded during the economic chaos of the American Civil War , when the metal nickel was
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