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1864 Indian Head Cent. Bronze, with L PCGS MS64 RB

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
1864 Indian Head Cent. Bronze, with L PCGS MS64 RB
To aid the Mint in coining large numbers of the new bronze coins beginning in 1864, a private company received a contract to prepare blanks for the bronze coinage. With this help, the Mint was able to strike nearly 60 million coins in the last seven months of 1864. The small coin shortage was over. The earliest 1864 bronze cents do not show the L (for Longacre) on the ribbon end, only a few struck late in the year have this feature and are very desirable. Plenty of mint red over both sides of this near-gem Indian cent. (#2080)<p><i>The Silberkleit Collection of Small Cents</i>