The Indian Head cent, aka an Indian Head penny, was a one-cent coin made by the United States Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint. Mint Director Snowden picked the Indian Head design. Cents were hoarded in the economic chaos during the Civil War, when the metal nickel was in short supply. After the war, the penny became very popular and was made in large numbers for most of the years. An exception was 1877, when a poor economy and little demand for cents making it one of the rarest dates in the series. With the creation of coin-operated machines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, far more cents were made even reaching 100 million for the first time in 1907. In 1909, the Indian Head cent was replaced by the Lincoln cent.
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