Indian Head Pennies - 4 Rolls
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This lot is for four rolls of Indian head pennies
The design of the Indian Head Penny was the brainchild of James Longacre, the acting engraver of the US Mint. In a letter to the director of the US Mint James Snowden, Longacre made his case for his newly incepted design by saying:
"From the copper shores of Lake Superior, to the silver mountains of Potosi from the Ojibwa to the Aramanian, the feathered tiara is as characteristic of the primitive races of our hemisphere, as the turban is of the Asiatic. Nor is there anything in its decorative character, repulsive to the association of Liberty "¦ It is more appropriate than the Phrygian cap, the emblem rather of the emancipated slave, than of the independent freeman, of those who are able to say "we were never in bondage to any man". I regard then this emblem of America as a proper and well defined portion of our national inheritance; and having now the opportunity of consecrating it as a memorial of Liberty, "˜our Liberty', American Liberty; why not use it? One more graceful can scarcely be devised. We have only to determine that it shall be appropriate, and all the world outside of us cannot wrest it from us."
The design you will find on the obverse side of the Indian Head Penny is said to depict Lady Liberty wearing a traditional Native American headdress. Other legends hold that the image is actually James Longacre's daughter, Sarah. The legend claims that the young Ms. Longacre was at the Mint the same day as Native American visitors, and when wearing one of their headdresses, James Longacres made a quick sketch. Unfortunately, this story is likely nothing more than a fabrication seeing as Sarah Longacre was 30 years of age at the time the design was creatednot 12.
The design of the obverse side of the coin was and still is the center of some controversy, because what is really depicted is a Caucasian woman wearing the headdress of Native Americans. Though this is not the first time a US coin sported the image of a non-Native American donning a Native headdress, it is something that adds a lot of intrigue to the coin.
The reverse side of the Indian Head Penny is quite basic, and features a wreath surrounding the "one cent" face value. For the first two years of production, you will find this basic design on the reverse side, but by 1860 the coin's reverse was updated. Though the wreath still partially encircled the "one cent" face value, a presidential seal was added to the top of the coin, and the wreath itself became a bit more intricate in its design.
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