Certified Brown Percentage: 19%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 60%
Certified Red Percentage: 18%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 3%

The Proof Indian cent series passed into history in 1909 with a mintage of 2,175 coins. While the Mint sold 650 silver Proof sets that year, some of these included the Indian cent, while others the newly introduced Lincoln cent. Minor coin Proof set distribution was also erratic with some of these sets featuring only the Indian cent and nickel, while others included the Lincoln cent alongside the Indian cent and nickel. As such, we have no way of knowing exactly how many Proof Indian cents were sold in silver Proof sets and how many were sold in minor coin Proof sets. In keeping with the practice introduced in 1901, the Mint polished both the fields and devices of the dies for the Proof 1909 Indian cent, and only the earliest impressions display appreciable frost to the design elements.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2012 Philadelphia ANA Auction, where it realized $2,115.