1867 Indian Head Cent - 67/67

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This is the 1867/67 repunched date variety of the 1867 Indian Head Cent. The 1867 date was punched into the die twice, slightly apart. The first punching shows wherever its strokes fall outside the second, which is how the variety is identified. The effect is in the die, so every coin struck from it carries the same remnant in the same position. Any mintage or rarity ranking given below counts the entire issue for this date and mint, not this variety: a variety comes from one die or a few, and how many coins they struck was never separately recorded. The 1867 Indian Head Cent - 67/67 is a cent minted at the Philadelphia Mint, within the Indian Head Cents 1859-1909 series. The 1867 Indian Head Cent issue as a whole had a mintage of 9.8 million; how many coins carry this variety is unknown. The obverse features Liberty wearing a feathered headdress, often misidentified as a Native American — actually represents Liberty adorned with a chief's war bonnet and the reverse displays an oak wreath with a shield at the top, enclosing ONE CENT. Minted during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, as the nation healed from civil war and debated the role of silver and gold in the monetary system. The Philadelphia Mint, America's oldest coin-making facility, has struck coins continuously since 1792. Struck in 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc, weighing 3.11 grams, 19 mm in diameter, with a plain edge. Cataloged as PCGS #92088.

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FS-301