Large Cents – Braided Hair Cent, 1839-1857
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Liberty Head Large cents were produced from 1816 through 1857. Modifications were made to the Matron Head style starting in the mid-1830s, and the...
Small Cents – One Cent Flying Eagle, 1856-1858
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By the early 1850s copper availability was limited, and the price of the raw metal rose to the point that the Mint lost money...
Small Cents – Indian Head Cent 1859 COPPER-NICKEL Laurel Wreath Reverse
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The Indian Head one-cent coin was produced by the United States Mint from 1859 through 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the...
Small Cents – Indian Head Cent, Copper-Nickel, 1860-1864
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James B. Longacre's Indian Head design for the cent debuted in 1859. The previous Flying Eagle design had been minted for only three years...
Small Cents – Indian Head Cent, Bronze, 1864-1909
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The small "white cents", so-called because of their light color compared to that of the older large cents, had at first escaped the hoarding...
Small Cents – 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln Cent
Description:The first year issue of perhaps one of the most popular and enduring designs in US Coinage. The new coin featured a portrait of...
Small Cents – Lincoln Cent, Bronze, Wheat Ears Reverse, 1909-1958
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The Lincoln cent has been a favorite of collectors for many years. Part of the appeal lies in the fact that it is the...
Small Cents – Lincoln Cent, Steel, Wheat Ears Reverse, 1943
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Lincoln cents were made of bronze most years, but World War II resulted in a couple of changes to the cent composition. Because copper...
Small Cents – Lincoln Cent, Bronze/ Brass, Memorial Reverse, 1959-1982
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The Lincoln motif on the cent was introduced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The 150th anniversary of that event occasioned another...
Two Cent Pieces – 1864-1873
The two-cent coin was produced in the United States from 1864-1873 with decreasing mintages throughout that time. The two-cent piece was made of 95%...