Small Cents - Indian Head 1859-1909

Copper Nickel, Without Shield (1859)

Weight: 4.67 grams

Content: 88% copper 12% nickel

Diameter: 19 millimeters

Mint Mark Legend

Below the bow of the wreath on the reverse.

None    Philadelphia    1793-present

S    San Francisco, CA    1854-1955; 1968-present

 

 

 

 

Year Circulation Proofs
1859 36,400,000 About 800

 

 

Copper Nickel With Shield (1860 - 1864)

Content: 88% copper 12% nickel

 

 

 

 

Year Circulation Proofs
1860 20,566,000 About 1,000
1861 10,100,000 About 1,000
1862 28,075,000 About 550
1863 49,840,000 About 460
1864 Copper-Nickel 13,740,000 About 370

 

 

Copper With Shield (1864 - 1909)

Content: 95% copper 5% tin / zinc

 

 

 

 

Year Circulation Proofs
1864 39,233,714 About 150
1864 L Believed to be 5,000,000 out of the total 1864 mintage of 39,233,714 About 20
1865 35,429,286 About 500
1866 9,286,500 About 725
1867 9,821,000 About 625
1868 10,266,500 About 600
1869 6,420,000 About 600
1870 5,275,000 About 1,000
1871 3,929,500 About 960
1872 4,042,000 About 950
1873 11,676,500 About 1,100
1874 14,187,500 About 700
1875 13,528,000 About 700
1876 7,944,000 About 1,150
1877 852,500 About 1,000
1878 5,797,500 About 2,350
1879 16,228,000 About 3,200
1880 38,961,000 About 3,955
1881 39,208,000 About 3,575
1882 38,578,000 About 3,100
1883 45,591,500 6,609
1884 23,257,800 3,942
1885 11,761,594 3,790
1886 17,650,000 4,290
1887 45,223,523 2,960
1888 37,489,832 4,582
1889 48,866,025 3,336
1890 57,180,114 2,740
1891 47,070,000 2,745
1892 37,647,087 2,745
1893 46,640,000 2,195
1894 16,749,500 2,632
1895 38,341,474 2,062
1896 39,055,431 1,862
1897 50,464,392 1,938
1898 49,281,284 1,795
1899 53,598,000 2,031
1900 66,831,502 2,262
1901 79,609,158 1,985
1902 87,374,704 2,018
1903 85,092,703 1,790
1904 61,326,198 1,817
1905 80,717,011 2,152
1906 96,020,530 1,725
1907 108,137,143 1,475
1908 32,326,367 1,620
1908 S 1,115,000 0
1909 14,368,470 2,175
1909 S 309,000 0