1908 Indian Head Cent, Brown, 1C PCGS PR 66 RB - Lovely Coin
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This is a PCGS graded coin. You will receive the coin pictured. You are purchasing a 1908 Indian Head Cent graded PR-66 RB by PCGS. Lovely red-orange patina covers both sides of this lustrous Premium Gem. The strike is sharp, and there are only a couple of nearly microscopic fly specks. The small proof mintage of 1,620 Indian Head cents were coined in 1908.
Coin Features:
PCGS graded PR-66 RB
Known as a Indian Head Small Cent
Obverse: Head of Liberty Facing Left wearing a Feather Crown.
Reverse: Oak Leaf Laureate with arrows at the base and a Heraldic Shield at the top.
Indian Head Cents Type 3 Bronze (1864-1909) During the Civil War, attrition caused the hoarding of coins struck in gold, silver and copper nickel. This prompted the U.S. Mint to change the composition of the one cent coinage. The remaining years (1864 -1909) the Indian Cent was struck on bronze planchets. This variety was made from planchets of .950 copper and .050 tin and zinc. The diameter of 19mm is the same as previous small cents. The design was from John Longacre’s Indian motif using the head of Liberty dressed in an Indian Feather headdress.