Bill Jones' Type Set
1c INDIAN HEAD, OAK WREATH 1860-64


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CENTS - INDIAN HEAD
Item Description: 1C 1860
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: BillJones
 
Winning Set: Bill Jones' Type Set
Date Added: 6/12/2003
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Bright original surfaces, light marks consistent with the grade. These cents were the same diameter as the modern cent, but they were heavier and thicker. After the public accepted to thinner and lighter Civil War tokens, the government decided that the public would accept a thinner and lighter cent. The bronze cents were also much easier to strike. The mint employees referred to this copper-nickel alloy as "the devil's copper."

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