Indian Head cents were minted from 1859 to 1909. All US cents minted in 1808 were Liberty Head large cents about the size of a half dollar.
There are no Indian Head pennies with a D mintmark. If there's a D on your 1905, somebody added it after the coin left the mint, rendering the coin almost worthless.
No, none were struck at the New Orleans mint. But the 1908-S Indian head cent was the first one cent coin struck outside of the Philadelphia mint.
There were no Indian Head pennies minted in 1915. The last Indian Head pennies were minted in 1909. In 1915 the type of penny minted was the Lincoln, Wheat Ear reverse (called 'Wheat penny'). A 1915 Wheat penny is worth from $1.50 to $500.00 according to mint mark and condition.
The US mint never made pennies like this. Plus without a date it is impossible to determine the value.
The only penny being produced by the US Mint in 1885 was the Indian Head penny. Wheat pennies were not produced until 1909.
There are no Indian Head pennies with a D mintmark. If there's a D on your 1905, somebody added it after the coin left the mint, rendering the coin almost worthless.
No, none were struck at the New Orleans mint. But the 1908-S Indian head cent was the first one cent coin struck outside of the Philadelphia mint.
There were no Indian Head pennies minted in 1915. The last Indian Head pennies were minted in 1909. In 1915 the type of penny minted was the Lincoln, Wheat Ear reverse (called 'Wheat penny'). A 1915 Wheat penny is worth from $1.50 to $500.00 according to mint mark and condition.
The US mint never made pennies like this. Plus without a date it is impossible to determine the value.
The 1898 US penny was made only at the Philadelphia mint which means it will have no mintmark. These coins are also referred to as Indian head pennies.
The only penny being produced by the US Mint in 1885 was the Indian Head penny. Wheat pennies were not produced until 1909.
There are no U.S. pennies from 1882 with a mintmark -- they were all minted at the main mint in Philadelphia. If you are referring to the "L" on the ribbon at the back of the Indian's head, this is the designer's (James Longacre) initial and appears on all Indian head cents after 1864. If it's something else, then it was manually added after the coin left the mint and will drastically reduce the coin's collector value. In circulated conditiion, an 1882 Indian head cent is worth $2-$3
IF the coin has a mint mark, it would be on the back under the bow of the wreath.But remember, only about 1.1 million 1908 cents were minted at San Francisco compared to over 32 million at Philadelphia (no mint mark) so it's not likely that the coin will have a mint mark.Interesting trivia: 1908 and 1909 Indian head pennies were the only US cents to ever have a mint mark on the reverse side.
The last year Indian Head pennies were minted was 1909. In 1927 the type of penny that was minted was the Lincoln, Wheat Ears reverse (called 'Wheat Penny') A 1927 Wheat penny is worth from $0.15 to $125.00 according to mint mark and condition.
The U.S. never used a G mint mark and the only Indian head cents that did carry a mint mark were made by the San Francisco Mint in 1908 and 1909.
Pennies are minted at three locations in the US; The San Francisco Mint, The Denver Mint and the Philadelphia Mint. Pennies from San Francisco have an "S" on them. Pennies from Denver have a "D" on them and pennies from Philadelphia have no letter.
1874 Indian Head Penny: good condition-$13.00, mint condition-$155.00