1869 Indian Head Cent


1869 Indian Head Cent

Proof Mintage: 600
Obverse Text: 1869 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | LIBERTY
Reverse Text: ONE CENT

Certified Brown Percentage: 16%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 64%
Certified Red Percentage: 13%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 7%

As with all early bronze Proof Indian cents (1864 through the mid 1870s), the 1869 is a significant condition rarity in the finest grades. The two known die marriages of the Proof 1869 cent share the same obverse die, which reveals minor repunching to the final digit 9 in the date when examined with the aid of a loupe. Snow-PR2, was struck from a reverse with a faint die polish line within the letter N in ONE; this is the same die that the Mint used to strike all known Proof 1868 cents.

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The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2019 Rosemont ANA Auction, where it realized $5,040.

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