1896 Indian Head Cent


1896 Indian Head Cent

Proof Mintage: 1,862
Obverse Text: 1896 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | LIBERTY
Reverse Text: ONE CENT

Certified Brown Percentage: 33%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 57%
Certified Red Percentage: 8%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 2%

Along with the 1897, the 1896 is the scarcest Proof Indian cent from the late 1890s in full Red preservation. This situation is at least partially attributable to a relatively small mintage of 1,862 coins, as the Mint produced only 762 silver Proof sets and 1,100 minor coin Proof sets in 1896.

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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 $9,300.

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