1868 Indian Head Cent


1868 Indian Head Cent

Proof Mintage: 600
Obverse Text: 1868 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | LIBERTY
Reverse Text: ONE CENT

Certified Brown Percentage: 16%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 63%
Certified Red Percentage: 13%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 8%

From an estimated mintage of 750 Proofs, all of which were struck from a single die pairing. According to Rick Snow (2014), approximately 15% of extant examples of this issue exhibit nearly medallic alignment of the dies, a feature that the author attributes to restrikes produced in 1870 from a later reverse die state than seen on Proof 1869 cents.

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The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2011 Chicago ANA Auction, where it realized $15,525.

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